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CVE-2018-10468

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The transferFrom function of a smart contract implementation for Useless Ethereum Token (UET), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to steal assets (e.g., transfer all victims' balances into their account) because certain computations involving _value are incorrect, as exploited in the wild starting in December 2017, aka the "transferFlaw" issue.

Affected products

• Uetoken Useless Ethereum Token: all versions

References

• https://medium.com/%40jonghyk.song/uselessethereumtoken-uet-erc20-token-allows-attackers-to-steal-all-victims-balances-543d42ac808e
• https://peckshield.com/2018/04/28/transferFlaw/
• https://medium.com/%40jonghyk.song/uselessethereumtoken-uet-erc20-token-allows-attackers-to-steal-all-victims-balances-543d42ac808e
• https://peckshield.com/2018/04/28/transferFlaw/

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