Path traversal in Debian Linux and CloudForms - CVE-2018-1000544
Published: June 26, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37008
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000544
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Red Hat Inc.
Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Debian Linux
CloudForms
Debian Linux
CloudForms
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and uploading of .zip files , an attacker can upload a malicious file that contains symlinks or files with absolute pathnames "./" to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000544
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.