#VU14135 Path traversal in adm-zip - CVE-2018-1002204
Published: July 30, 2018 / Updated: July 31, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14135
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1002204
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
adm-zip
adm-zip
Software vendor:
The Brain
The Brain
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct a directory traversal attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the extractDir() function of QuaZIP due to improper validation of files inside an archive file. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into extracting an archive file that contains a file using directory traversal characters, and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note: This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.
Remediation
Update to version 0.4.9.