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CVE-2018-5243

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.79% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-08-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

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

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2018-5243
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.79%

Original NVD Description

The Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) product, prior to version 3.4.2 MP1, may be susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) exploit. A DoS attack is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.