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CVE-2018-20753

82
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20753 is a critical vulnerability affecting Kaseya VSA RMM versions before R9.3 9.3.0.35, R9.4 9.4.0.36, and R9.5 9.5.0.5. This flaw allows unprivileged remote attackers to execute PowerShell payloads on all managed devices, posing a severe risk to organizations utilizing the affected software. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, leading to potential complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild since January 2018, is listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has a high EPSS score, indicating a significant likelihood of exploitation. Despite no public Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, it garners substantial community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its critical nature and ongoing threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 9.3, < 9.3.0.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kaseya:virtual_system_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.4, < 9.4.0.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kaseya:virtual_system_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.5, < 9.5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kaseya:virtual_system_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
29.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Apr 13, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2934 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
blog.huntresslabs.com / deep-dive-kaseya-vsa-mining-payload-c0ac839a0e88
ExploitThird Party Advisory
helpdesk.kaseya.com / hc/en-gb/articles/360000333152
Vendor Advisory