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CVE-2018-5701

53
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5701 is an Arbitrary Write vulnerability in the amp.sys driver of Iolo System Shield AntiVirus and AntiSpyware 5.0.0.136, stemming from insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x00226003. This critical vulnerability, rated 9.8 CVSS, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not in the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB for privilege escalation, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.0.136CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:iolo:system_shield:5.0.0.136:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-51044 · Mar 25, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1845 is in the 93rd 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/146165/System-Shield-5.0.0.136-Privilege-Escalation.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/43929
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
greyhathacker.net
ExploitThird Party Advisory