CVE-2018-12334
Protection Mechanism Failure in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows an attacker to compromise authentication and encryption keys via a virtualization attack.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Protection Mechanism Failure in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows an attacker to compromise authentication and encryption keys via a virtualization attack.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.56% probability · 46th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ecos/secure boot stick firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://telematik.prakinf.tu-ilmenau.de/ecos-sbs/advisory.htmlMitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://telematik.prakinf.tu-ilmenau.de/ecos-sbs/advisory.htmlMitigation, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.