What is CVE-2018-0237?

CVE-2018-0237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection For Endpoints, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2018-04-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-0237?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-0237 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection For Endpoints

CVE-2018-0237

A vulnerability in the file type detection mechanism of the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints macOS Connector could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass malware detection. The vulnerability occurs because the software relies on only the file extension for detecting DMG files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a DMG file with a nonstandard extension to a device that is running an affected AMP for Endpoints macOS Connector. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured malware detection. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve34034.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-04-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection For Endpoints — versions 1.4\(5\), 1.4(5)
Cisco Amp For Endpoints — versions Cisco AMP for Endpoints

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

s-index/dora

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418… (Vendor Advisory)
wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2018/02/25/research-compressed-files-auto-dete… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0237?: CVE-2018-0237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection For Endpoints, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2018-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-0237?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-0237 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.