What is CVE-2018-0552?

CVE-2018-0552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Securebrain Phishwall Client, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-0552?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Securebrain Phishwall Client

CVE-2018-0552

Untrusted search path vulnerability in The installer of PhishWall Client Firefox and Chrome edition for Windows Ver. 5.1.26 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Published 2018-03-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Securebrain Phishwall Client
Securebrain Corporation The Installer Of Phishwall Client Firefox And Chrome Edition For Windows — versions Ver. 5.1.26 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

www.securebrain.co.jp/about/news/2018/03/180314.html (Vendor Advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN39896275/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0552?: CVE-2018-0552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Securebrain Phishwall Client, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-0552?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.