CVE-2018-5997

CRITICAL

RAVPower Filehub 2.000.056 - Path Traversal and Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-5997. PoCs published by Daniele Linguaglossa & Stefano Farletti.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a vulnerability in RAVPower devices (CVE-2018-5997) to achieve remote root access by uploading malicious files via an unauthenticated file upload endpoint. It modifies system files to enable a telnet backdoor and adds a root user with a known password hash.

Description

An issue was discovered in the HTTP Server in RAVPower Filehub 2.000.056. Due to an unrestricted upload feature and a path traversal vulnerability, it is possible to upload a file on a filesystem with root privileges: this will lead to remote code execution as root.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Daniele Linguaglossa & Stefano Farletti · pythonremotehardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43871

This exploit targets a vulnerability in RAVPower devices (CVE-2018-5997) to achieve remote root access by uploading malicious files via an unauthenticated file upload endpoint. It modifies system files to enable a telnet backdoor and adds a root user with a known password hash.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: RAVPower firmware version 2.000.056
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target device · Target device running vulnerable RAVPower firmware
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43871/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.2395
EPSS Percentile 97.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22 CWE-434
Status published
Products (1)
ravpower/filehub_firmware 2.000.056
Published Jan 25, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026