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Lexmark Printers Path Traversal (CVE-2018-18894)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503864

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Certain older Lexmark devices (C, M, X, and 6500e before 2018-12-18) contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the embedded web server.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://support.lexmark.com/alerts

http://www.nessus.org/u?22f5597b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 503864

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 11/5/2025

Updated: 11/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18894

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:lexmark:mx610_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:m3150_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:cx410_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xs478_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:ms610dte_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:x46x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xm1145_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:ms812de_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:mx611_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:m5170_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:c95x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xs548_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xm51xx_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:ms91x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xm3150_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:m5163_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xs95x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:x548_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:x925_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:x792_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:x73x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:mx510_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:x86x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:cs748_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:mx81x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:mx91x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:x74x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:cx510_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:cs796_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xc2132_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:x95x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:c748_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:c925_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:ms610de_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:x65x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xs79x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:m5155_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:mx410_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xm71xx_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:cs51x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:mx6500e_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:mx511_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:xs925_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:c79x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:ms810de_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:cs41x_firmware, cpe:/o:lexmark:mx71x_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Lexmark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18894

CWE: 22