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CVE-2018-12897

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CVE-2018-12897 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control versions prior to 12.1. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) allows a local, low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV), a public exploit (EDB-47126) exists, though community discussion and media coverage remain minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:dameware_mini_remote_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-47126 · Jul 16, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/153668/DameWare-Remote-Support-12.0.0.509-Buffer-Overflow.html
labs.nettitude.com / blog/solarwinds-cve-2018-12897-dameware-mini-remote-control-local-seh-buffer-overflow
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