CVE-2018-1797

published 2018-11-16

CVE-2018-1797: 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…

Priority P4 30 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C N I H A N

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

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
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	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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