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CVE-2018-1649

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1649 describes a directory traversal vulnerability affecting IBM QRadar Incident Forensics versions 7.2 and 7.3. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted URL containing "dot dot" sequences to view arbitrary files on the system. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low attack complexity and privileges, leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_incident_forensics:7.2.8:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_incident_forensics:7.2.8:patch13:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_incident_forensics:7.2.8:patch8:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_incident_forensics:7.3.1:patch3:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_incident_forensics:7.3.1:patch4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.7HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/144655
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory