A buffer overflow vulnerability in the control protocol of Disk Savvy Enterprise v10.4.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…

published 2018-02-27 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-18237

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 20.7%; EPSS 20.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the control protocol of Disk Savvy Enterprise v10.4.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted packet to TCP port 9124.

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Timeline

2018-02-21 First public exploit (EDB-44156)
2018-02-27 Published

Exploit prediction

20.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-44156 Disk Savvy Enterprise 10.4.18 - Buffer Overflow (SEH) remote, 2018-02-21
gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/DanielRTeixeira/5af55e62340e4df38e0c411eb0cc3dca referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed7QXICSgeY referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146541/Disk-Savvy-Enterprise-10.4.18-Buffer-Overflow.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/44156/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
gist.github.com /DanielRTeixeira/5af55e62340e4df38e0c411eb0cc3dca
exploit, third-party-advisory
youtube.com /watch?v=Ed7QXICSgeY
exploit, third-party-advisory
packetstormsecurity.com /files/146541/Disk-Savvy-Enterprise-10.4.18-Buffer-Overflow.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-6481
NVD CVE-2018-6481

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