What is CVE-2018-17170?

CVE-2018-17170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Teamwire, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-17170?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

RCE in Teamwire

CVE-2018-17170

Grouptime Teamwire Desktop Client 1.5.1 prior to 1.9.0 on Windows allows code injection via a template, leading to remote code execution. All backend versions prior to prod-2018-11-13-15-00-42 are affected.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2019-06-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Teamwire

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

research.hisolutions.com/2019/06/web-vulnerabilities-are-coming-to-the-desktop-… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17170?: CVE-2018-17170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Teamwire, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-17170?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.