CVE-2018-19233
COMPAREX Miss Marple Enterprise Edition before 2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by reading the user name and encrypted password hard-coded in an Inventory Agent configuration file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
COMPAREX Miss Marple Enterprise Edition before 2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by reading the user name and encrypted password hard-coded in an Inventory Agent configuration file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 48th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- comparex/miss marple
- 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
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150427/Miss-Marple-Enterprise-Edition-File-Upload-Hardcoded-AES-Key.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/55Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Nov/37Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-miss-marple-enterprise-edition/Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150427/Miss-Marple-Enterprise-Edition-File-Upload-Hardcoded-AES-Key.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/55Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Nov/37Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-miss-marple-enterprise-edition/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.