What is CVE-2018-17879?

CVE-2018-17879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Abus Tvip 10000, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-17879?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Abus Tvip 10000

CVE-2018-17879

An issue was discovered on certain ABUS TVIP cameras. The CGI scripts allow remote attackers to execute code via system() as root. There are several injection points in various scripts.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-10-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.218 (97.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.218 · newest: 0.218 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.ccc.de/en/updates/2019/update-nicht-verfugbar-hersteller-nicht-zu-erreichen (Third Party Advisory)
sec.maride.cc/posts/abus/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17879?: CVE-2018-17879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Abus Tvip 10000, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-17879?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.