What is CVE-2018-14808?

CVE-2018-14808 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emerson Ams Device Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-14808?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Emerson Ams Device Manager

CVE-2018-14808

Emerson AMS Device Manager v12.0 to v13.5. Non-administrative users are able to change executable and library files on the affected products.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.009 (56.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Emerson Ams Device Manager — versions v12.0 to v13.5
Emerson Ams_device_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14808?: CVE-2018-14808 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emerson Ams Device Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-14808?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.