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CVE-2018-7240

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7240 is a high-severity arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting all versions of Schneider Electric Modicon Quantum communication modules. Attackers can exploit an FTP firmware upgrade command to cause a denial of service or, in extreme cases, load malicious firmware, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and complexity. While it is not listed on the KEV catalog and has no known public exploits or significant community discussion, its potential for severe impact warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:140cpu65150_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:140cpu31110_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:140cpu43412u_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:140cpu65160_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:140cpu65260_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0331 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-18-086-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
schneider-electric.com / en/download/document/SEVD-2018-081-01
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103541
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry