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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2018-14791 json

Emerson DeltaV DCS versions 11.3.1, 12.3.1, 13.3.0, 13.3.1, R5 may allow non-administrative users to change executable and library files on…

published 2018-08-23 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-6675

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Emerson DeltaV DCS versions 11.3.1, 12.3.1, 13.3.0, 13.3.1, R5 may allow non-administrative users to change executable and library files on the affected products.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-18-228-01 updated cvss 8.2

Emerson DeltaV DCS Workstations

  • Emerson DeltaV 11.3.1, 12.3.1, 13.3.0, 13.3.1 R5
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-14797, CVE-2018-14795, and CVE-2018-14791 cannot be exploited if application whitelisting is implemented since it would prevent files from being overwritten.” guardian.emersonprocess.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Emerson DeltaV DCS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.