What is CVE-2018-15697?

CVE-2018-15697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Asustor Data Master, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-15697?

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

Information disclosure in Asustor Data Master

CVE-2018-15697

ASUSTOR Data Master 3.1.5 and below allows authenticated remote non-administrative users to read any file on a share by providing the full path. For example, /home/admin/.ash_history.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-08-27 · 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:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% 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

Asustor Data Master
Tenable Asustor Data Master — versions 3.1.5 and below

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-22 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15697?: CVE-2018-15697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Asustor Data Master, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-15697?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.