Emerson AMS Device Manager v12.0 to v13.5.

published 2018-10-01 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-6688

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.5%; EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits: 0; none known

Emerson AMS Device Manager v12.0 to v13.5. A specially crafted script may be run that allows arbitrary remote code execution.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-18-270-01 updated 2018-09-27 cvss 10.0

Emerson AMS Device Manager

Emerson AMS Device Manager >= 12.0, <= 13.5
affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Please refer to the Knowledge Base Articles for AMS NK-1700-0324, NK-1700-0252 and DeltaV NK-1800-0880 (DSN 18006) for more information.” 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

3.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Emerson AMS Device Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-18-270-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
securityfocus.com /bid/105406
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-14804
NVD CVE-2018-14804

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Summary