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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-7583

Proxy.exe in DualDesk 20 allows Remote Denial Of Service (daemon crash) via a long string to TCP port 5500.

EXPLOITHIGH 7.5EPSS 38.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Proxy.exe in DualDesk 20 allows Remote Denial Of Service (daemon crash) via a long string to TCP port 5500.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
38.07% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 2 March 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
advantig/dualdesk
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%20%40%21 September 2026: 24.42%22 September 2026: 38.07%27 October 2026: 38.07%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 24.4% on 21 September 2026 to 38.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-44222source ↗DualDesk 20 - 'Proxy.exe' Denial of Servicewindows · hyp3rlinxdos2 March 2018no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.