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CVE-2018-7886

An unauthenticated local attacker that can connect to the "CloudMe Sync" client application listening on 127.0.0.1 port 8888 can send a malicious payload causing a buffer overflow condition.

EXPLOITHIGH 7.8EPSS 1.95%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.9%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

An issue was discovered in CloudMe 1.11.0. An unauthenticated local attacker that can connect to the "CloudMe Sync" client application listening on 127.0.0.1 port 8888 can send a malicious payload causing a buffer overflow condition. This will result in code execution, as demonstrated by a TCP reverse shell, or a crash. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-6892.

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
1.95% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 16 April 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
cloudme/sync
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.95%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.9% 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.

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-44470source ↗CloudMe Sync 1.11.0 - Local Buffer Overflowwindows · Prasenjit Kanti Paullocal16 April 2018no

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