CVE-2018-9233

lowpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.017 · 76 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.65% (76th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 uses an unsalted SHA-1 hash for password storage in %PROGRAMDATA%\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Config\machine.xml, which makes it easier for attackers to determine a cleartext password, and subsequently choose unsafe malware settings, via rainbow tables or other approaches.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 2.1–7.8

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-916USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-44411Sophos Endpoint Protection Control Panel 10.7 - Weak Password EncryptionPoC · exploit_db

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
sophos endpoint protection= 10.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sophos:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-04-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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