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CVE-2018-14992

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14992 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in the ASUS ZenFone 3 Max Android device, specifically within a pre-installed application named com.asus.dm. This app's exported service, DMInstallerService, allows any co-located application to download and install arbitrary apps from the internet, as well as uninstall them, by sending a specially crafted intent. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM) due to its local attack vector and low complexity, with a high impact on integrity as it allows unauthorized software installation and removal. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenfone_3_max_firmware:1.5.0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 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

kryptowire.com / portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018
Vendor Advisory
kryptowire.com / portal/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DEFCON-26-Johnson-and-Stavrou-Vulnerable-Out-of-the-Box-An-Eval-of-Android-Carrier-Devices-WP-Updated.pdf
ExploitVendor Advisory