A uncontrolled search path element issue was discovered in Vyaire Medical CareFusion Upgrade Utility used with Windows XP systems, Versions…

published 2018-02-06 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17227

cvss: 7.0; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

A uncontrolled search path element issue was discovered in Vyaire Medical CareFusion Upgrade Utility used with Windows XP systems, Versions 2.0.2.2 and prior versions. A successful exploit of this vulnerability requires the local user to install a crafted DLL on the target machine. The application loads the DLL and gives the attacker access at the same privilege level as the application.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-18-037-01 updated 2018-02-06 cvss 6.7

Vyaire Medical CareFusion Upgrade Utility Vulnerability

Vyaire Medical CareFusion Upgrade Utility used with Windows XP systems <= 2.0.2.2
affected: vendor fix vyaire.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

n/a Vyaire Medical CareFusion Upgrade Utility Vulnerability

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSMA-18-037-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
securityfocus.com /bid/102983
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-5457
NVD CVE-2018-5457

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