What is CVE-2018-9853?

CVE-2018-9853 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freesshd, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-9853?

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

Privilege escalation in Freesshd

CVE-2018-9853

Insecure access control in freeSSHd version 1.3.1 allows attackers to obtain the privileges of the freesshd.exe process by leveraging the ability to login to an unprivileged account on the server.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.013 (67.2th 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

Freesshd — versions 1.3.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9853?: CVE-2018-9853 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freesshd, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-9853?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.