CVE-2018-18387
playSMS through 1.4.2 allows Privilege Escalation through Daemon abuse.
playSMS through 1.4.2 allows Privilege Escalation through Daemon abuse.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
playSMS through 1.4.2 allows Privilege Escalation through Daemon abuse.
- Record
CVE-2018-18387- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
playSMS through 1.4.2 allows Privilege Escalation through Daemon abuse.
- Record
CVE-2018-18387- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-10117 No score
playSMS through 1.4.2 allows Privilege Escalation through Daemon abuse.
- Record
EUVD-2018-10117- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-66c8-rq2c-rh44
playSMS through 1.4.2 allows Privilege Escalation through Daemon abuse.
playSMS through 1.4.2 allows Privilege Escalation through Daemon abuse.
- Record
GHSA-66c8-rq2c-rh44- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | TheeBlind/CVE-2018-18387 | 2018-10-18 |
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-2018-18387 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Playsms Project Playsms, published October 29, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.81%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.