Critical severity · published Jun 26, 2018
CVE-2018-1000544
rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem
9.8
CVSS
4.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site allows 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..
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.4% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CL
Cloudforms · Redhat
4.6 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
RU
Rubyzip · Rubyzip Project
through 1.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000544
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000544
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3466
Exploit
https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/369
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00013.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00002.html
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