What is CVE-2018-5439?

CVE-2018-5439 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nortekcontrol Emerge_e3, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-5439?

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

RCE in Nortekcontrol Emerge_e3

CVE-2018-5439

A Command Injection issue was discovered in Nortek Linear eMerge E3 series Versions V0.32-07e and prior. A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a target machine with elevated privileges.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.042 (89.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nortekcontrol Emerge_e3
Nortekcontrol Emerge_e3_firmware
N/a Nortek Linear Emerge E3 Series — versions Nortek Linear eMerge E3 Series

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5439?: CVE-2018-5439 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nortekcontrol Emerge_e3, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-5439?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.