What is CVE-2018-19795?

CVE-2018-19795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chipsbank Umptool, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2018-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-19795?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Chipsbank Umptool

CVE-2018-19795

ChipsBank UMPTool saves the password to the NAND with a simple substitution cipher, which allows attackers to get full access when having physical access to the device.

Published 2018-12-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Chipsbank Umptool

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.thalpius.com/files/ChipsBank UMPTool Password Retrieval v0.1.pdf (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19795?: CVE-2018-19795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chipsbank Umptool, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2018-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-19795?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.