CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-1797

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-11-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-11-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 using Enterprise bundle Archives (EBA) could allow a local attacker to traverse directories on the system. By persuading a victim to extract a specially-crafted ZIP archive containing "dot dot slash" sequences (../), an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write to arbitrary files on the system. Note: This vulnerability is known as "Zip-Slip". IBM X-Force ID: 149427.

Affected configurations

• ibm websphere application server (>= 7.0.0.0 <= 7.0.0.45) • ibm websphere application server (>= 8.0.0.0 <= 8.0.0.15) • ibm websphere application server (>= 8.5.0.0 <= 8.5.5.14) • ibm websphere application server (>= 9.0.0.0 <= 9.0.0.9)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References