CVE-2018-1002200
plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.
02 Description
plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-07-25 17:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 12:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-07-25
- Assigning CNA
- snyk
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 413daaf98e879aa643cccd9b4c57323a51a715f73ad910102c4da59ddaa46ed6
05 Affected products
06 References
- snyk.iohttps://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
- github.comhttps://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df33759ae9dc6154d69c2ea8
- www.debian.orgDSA-4227https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227
- github.comhttps://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability
- snyk.iohttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1837https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837
- github.comhttps://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1836https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- plexus-archiver Fixed in 3.6.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- plexus-archiver Fixed in 3.6.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- plexus-archiver Fixed in 3.6.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- plexus-archiver Fixed in 2.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- plexus-archiver Fixed in 3.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.