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Case File

CVE-2018-12520

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 10.67% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-07-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
gist.github.com ↗ github.com ↗
External Security References
exploit-db.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2018-12520
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.1
EPSS
10.67%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in ntopng 3.4 before 3.4.180617. The PRNG involved in the generation of session IDs is not seeded at program startup. This results in deterministic session IDs being allocated for active user sessions. An attacker with foreknowledge of the operating system and standard library in use by the host running the service and the username of the user whose session they're targeting can abuse the deterministic random number generation in order to hijack the user's session, thus escalating their access.