What is CVE-2018-12589?

CVE-2018-12589 is a high-severity vulnerability in Polarisoffice Polaris Office 2017, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-12589?

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

Is CVE-2018-12589 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Polarisoffice Polaris Office 2017

CVE-2018-12589

Polaris Office 2017 8.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse puiframeworkproresenu.dll file in the current working directory.

Published 2018-06-28 · 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: 0.201 (97.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.201 · newest: 0.201 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Polarisoffice Polaris Office 2017 — versions 8.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rudinyu/KB

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/148312/Polaris-Office-2017-8.1-Remote-Code-Execut… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44985/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12589?: CVE-2018-12589 is a high-severity vulnerability in Polarisoffice Polaris Office 2017, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-12589?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12589 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.