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01 Record

CVE-2018-1656

The IBM Java Runtime Environment's Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0 , 7.0, and 8.0) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
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02 Description

The IBM Java Runtime Environment's Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0 , 7.0, and 8.0) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting

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
4.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 91.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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
Moderate. 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
2018-08-20 21:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 18:09Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-12-13
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Weaknesses
  • CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
6fc48318f465ab5097d9c867a20776a91a96079368209a95372d4c9acc6d3bf5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSDK, Java Technology Edition6.0, 7.0, 8.0—

06 References