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critical 9.1

CVE-2018-12465 in the critical feed json

Remote Code Execution in Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway

published 2018-06-29 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-4435

cvss
9.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
80.0%
EPSS 80.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

An OS command injection vulnerability in the web administration component of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) allows a remote attacker authenticated as a privileged user to execute arbitrary OS commands on the SMG server. This can be exploited in conjunction with CVE-2018-12464 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. Affects Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway versions prior to 471. It does not affect previous versions of the product that used GWAVA product name (i.e. GWAVA 6.5).

Patch / fix

  • Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway 471

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/microfocus_secure_messaging_gateway)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

80.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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