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CVE-2018-12038

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12038 describes a vulnerability in Samsung 840 EVO solid-state drives where vendor-specific commands could allow unauthorized access to the disk-encryption key. This issue has a CVSS score of 4.2 (Medium), indicating a physical attack vector with high attack complexity, but could lead to a complete compromise of confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:samsung:840_evo_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0063 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 152 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180028
PatchVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20181112-0001
Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/395981
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/105841
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry