What is CVE-2018-1495?

CVE-2018-1495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Flashsystem 840, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-1495?

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

Privilege escalation in IBM Flashsystem 840

CVE-2018-1495

IBM FlashSystem V840 and V900 products could allow an authenticated attacker with specialized access to overwrite arbitrary files which could cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 141148.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2018-05-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141148 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1495?: CVE-2018-1495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Flashsystem 840, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-1495?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.