{"id":"CVE-2018-16408","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16408","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:20:08.516Z","title":"D-Link DIR-846 devices with firmware 100.26 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a SetNetworkTomographySettings request by leveraging admin access.","description":"D-Link DIR-846 devices with firmware 100.26 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a SetNetworkTomographySettings request by leveraging admin access.","published":"2018-09-03T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["d-link/dir-846 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.04691,"percentile":0.91742,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03417,"percentile":0.88379},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.04691,"percentile":0.91379}]},"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 (4.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/D-Link%20DIR-846%20RCE.md","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/D-Link/DIR-846/RCE_0/D-Link%20DIR-846%20RCE.md","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/bulletins/SB18-253","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/D-Link%20DIR-846%20RCE.md","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16408","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."}