{"id":"CVE-2018-15491","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-15491","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:26:45.545Z","title":"A vulnerability in the permission and encryption implementation of Zemana Anti-Logger 1.9.3.527 and prior (fixed in 1.9.3.602) allows an attacker to take control of the whitelisting feature (MyRules2.ini under %LOCALAPPDATA%\\Zemana\\ZALSDK) to permit…","description":"A vulnerability in the permission and encryption implementation of Zemana Anti-Logger 1.9.3.527 and prior (fixed in 1.9.3.602) allows an attacker to take control of the whitelisting feature (MyRules2.ini under %LOCALAPPDATA%\\Zemana\\ZALSDK) to permit execution of unauthorized applications (such as ones that record keystrokes).","published":"2018-08-18T02:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:42:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-732","CWE-798"],"affected":["zemana/antilogger"],"epss":{"score":0.01008,"percentile":0.62885,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.01%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/mspaling/zemana-exclusions-poc/blob/master/zemana-whitelist-poc.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148554","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://github.com/mspaling/zemana-exclusions-poc/blob/master/zemana-whitelist-poc.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15491","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}