CVE-2018-1002200

moderate-risk
Published 2018-07-25

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Do I need to act?

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3.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Codehaus-Plexus

References (16)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837
Issue Tracking https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df3375...
Exploit https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87
Exploit https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability
Exploit https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
Exploit https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837
Issue Tracking https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df3375...
Exploit https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87
Exploit https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability
Exploit https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
Exploit https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227
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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low