CVE-2018-1797

medium

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 using Enterprise bundle Archives (EBA) could allow a local attacker to traverse directories on the system. By persuading a victim to extract a specially-crafted ZIP archive containing "dot dot slash" sequences (../), an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write to arbitrary files on the system. Note: This vulnerability is known as "Zip-Slip". IBM X-Force ID: 149427.

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10730699

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149427

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042146

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105982

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-11-16

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium