Improper input validation in Apache Ant - CVE-2018-10886
Published: July 25, 2018 / Updated: July 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13998
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10886
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software allows archive files to be extracted outside of the target directory. A remote unauthenticated attacker can submit a specially crafted ZIP or TAR archive to an Ant build, trick the victim into extracting it, cause a file to be created outside the current working directory on the system and create or overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected software
Apache Ant
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Opensuse
Fedora
ant
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Opensuse
Fedora
ant
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10886
Update to version 1.9.12.
Apache Ant - update to 1.9.12
ant - addressed in versions 1.10.1-10.fc27, 1.10.1-10.fc28, 1.10-20180629154141.819b5873
ant - addressed in versions 1.10.1-10.fc27, 1.10.1-10.fc28, 1.10-20180629154141.819b5873