{"id":"CVE-2018-18748","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-18748","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:38:16.207Z","title":"Sandboxie 5.26 allows a Sandbox Escape via an \"import os\" statement, followed by os.system(\"cmd\") or os.system(\"powershell\"), within a .py file.","description":"Sandboxie 5.26 allows a Sandbox Escape via an \"import os\" statement, followed by os.system(\"cmd\") or os.system(\"powershell\"), within a .py file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue because the observed behavior is consistent with the product's intended functionality","published":"2018-10-29T12:29:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:47:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":10,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["sandboxie-plus/sandboxie"],"epss":{"score":0.02428,"percentile":0.8414,"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 (2.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/sandboxescape/Sandboxie-5.26-Sandbox-Escape-Exploit/blob/2632a5f7409e52b2e020f5d4467fa019f9095e73/README.doc","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandboxescape/Sandboxie-5.26-Sandbox-Escape-Exploit/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandboxescape/Sandboxie-5.26-Sandbox-Escape-Exploit/blob/2632a5f7409e52b2e020f5d4467fa019f9095e73/README.doc","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18748","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."}