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CVE-2018-1185

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1185 describes a command injection vulnerability in EMC RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, affecting versions prior to 5.1.1, 5.1.0.0, and 5.0.1.3 respectively. An authenticated administrator can exploit this flaw to escape the restricted shell and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.7, this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) but allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not on the KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, a public exploit (EDB-44614) exists, indicating its potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.0.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_recoverpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_recoverpoint:5.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44614 · May 11, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0631 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Feb/9
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44614
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040320
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry