CVE-2018-14808
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-10-01
- WeaknessCWE-269
Am I affected?
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Description
Emerson AMS Device Manager v12.0 to v13.5. Non-administrative users are able to change executable and library files on the affected products.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-10-0115:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-14808?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-14808?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.5 | ≥ 12.0, ≤ 13.5 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Emerson AMS Device Manager
AMS Device Manager: v12.0 to v13.5
Fix
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-270-01 · 1 productAMS Device Manager: v12.0 to v13.5 Software patches are available to users with access to the Guardian Support Portal at:
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-270-01 · 1 productTo limit exposure to these and other vulnerabilities, Emerson recommends deploying and configuring AMS Device Manager as described in the AMS Device Manager Installation Guide which is available in Emerson's Guardian Support Portal.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-270-01 · 1 productPlease refer to the Knowledge Base Articles for AMS NK-1700-0324, NK-1700-0252 and DeltaV NK-1800-0880 (DSN 18006) for more information.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-270-01 · 1 productVulnerability CVE-2018-14808 cannot be exploited if application whitelisting is implemented since it would prevent files from being overwritten.
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.06.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.04read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-269read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-269read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.9 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Published
- 2018-10-01
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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