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CVE-2018-5457

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5457 describes an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in the Vyaire Medical CareFusion Upgrade Utility, affecting versions 2.0.2.2 and prior when used with Windows XP systems. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) allows a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution by installing a crafted DLL, which the application then loads, granting the attacker the same privileges as the application. While the attack complexity is high, a successful exploit can lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vyaire:carefusion_upgrade_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSMA-18-037-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/102983
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry