CVE-2018-18388 — eScan Agent Application (MWAGENT.EXE) 4.0.2.98 in MicroWorld Technologies eScan 14.0 allows remote or local attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a carefully crafted payload to TCP port 2222

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CRITICAL

eScan Agent Application (MWAGENT.EXE) 4.0.2.98 in MicroWorld Technologies eScan 14.0 allows remote or local attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a carefully crafted payload to TCP port 2222

Published Dec 20, 2018

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.53%

Description

eScan Agent Application (MWAGENT.EXE) 4.0.2.98 in MicroWorld Technologies eScan 14.0 allows remote or local attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a carefully crafted payload to TCP port 2222.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.53% 0.01529

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01529

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.53% (0.01529)	73.83th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.53% (0.01529)	71.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.19% (0.00187)	56.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.19% (0.00187)	56.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.19% (0.00187)	54.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.39% (0.00389)	3.39th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	0.39% (0.00389)	3.41th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	0.39% (0.00389)	7.85th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	0.39% (0.00389)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://blog.escanav.com/2018/11/cve-2018-18388/
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://blog.escanav.com/2018/11/cve-2018-18388/		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 20, 2018

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Oct 16, 2018

Link CVE-2018-18388

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-18388

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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