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CVE-2018-0338

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0338 is a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Software, allowing an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to insufficient input validation in certain file systems. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that an attacker with local access can exploit it with low complexity to achieve high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score is low and there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, organizations using affected Cisco UCS products should still prioritize patching to mitigate this significant risk. There is also no community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5\(203\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:5.5\(203\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0\(0\)bz\(0.46\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:7.0\(0\)bz\(0.46\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0\(100.20\)bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:9.0\(100.20\)b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1\(1.13\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:9.1\(1.13\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.9\(0.902\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:9.9\(0.902\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-ucs-access
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104456
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041071
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry