CVE-2018-5717 describes a critical memory write vulnerability in NCR S2 Dispenser controllers prior to firmware version 0x0108, enabling unauthenticated attackers to remotely upgrade or downgrade firmware, potentially to vulnerable versions. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, allowing for high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0x0108CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ncr:s2_dispenser_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.