What is CVE-2018-7073?

CVE-2018-7073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-7073?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager

CVE-2018-7073

A local arbitrary file modification vulnerability was identified in HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager prior to v1.24.

Published 2018-08-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager — versions versions prior to v1.24
HP Moonshot Provisioning Manager
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-15 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7073?: CVE-2018-7073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-7073?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.