Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-8837

RCE

Title: Advantech Webaccess Hmi Designer RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-8837.

CWE Category CWE-787

Published Date Apr 25, 2018

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-8837: Processing specially crafted .pm3 files in Advantech WebAccess HMI Designer 2.1.7.32 and prior may cause the system to write outside the intended buffer area and may allow remote code execution.

Impacted Vendors

advantech 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103972 https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-114-03 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103972 https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-114-03

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-8837 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 25, 2018 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.