CVE-2018-12038
An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to...
An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to the disk-encryption key.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to the disk-encryption key.
- Record
CVE-2018-12038- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to the disk-encryption key.
- Record
CVE-2018-12038- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-4021 No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to the disk-encryption key.
- Record
EUVD-2018-4021- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hfc8-gpjm-mv4r
An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to...
An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to the disk-encryption key.
- Record
GHSA-hfc8-gpjm-mv4r- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | gdraperi/remote-bitlocker-encryption-report | 2018-12-17 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-12038 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.2) in Samsung 840 Evo Firmware, published November 20, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.