Background exploitation KEV catalog
CVE-2018-9276

Paessler PRTG Network Monitor OS Command Injection Vulnerability

An issue was discovered in PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.39. An attacker who has access to the PRTG System Administrator web console with administrative privileges can exploit an OS command injection vulnerability (both on the server…

CheckOps priority index
7.3/10 Patch within 7 days
Severity7.2
Probability8.7
Exploitation3/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 87.0% higher than 99.7% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 7.2 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:
Exploited for 637 days 04 Feb 2025
CISA due date 25 Feb 2025 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 3 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)04 Feb 2025
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)04 Feb 2025
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %87.0%
  • No account, over the networkno

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

An issue was discovered in PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.39. An attacker who has access to the PRTG System Administrator web console with administrative privileges can exploit an OS command injection vulnerability (both on the server and on devices) by sending malformed parameters in sensor or notification management scenarios.

Affected products

PRTG Network Monitor
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

  5. EPSS peak: 87.0%

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2018-19410Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
    9.3 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities