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CVE-2018-1002200

plexus-archiver: arbitrary file write vulnerability / arbitrary code execution using a specially crafted zip file

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 5, 2018

Updated · November 2, 2026

Description

A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in plexus-archiver when extracting a carefully crafted zip file which holds path traversal file names. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to write files outside the target directory and overwrite existing files with malicious code or vulnerable configurations.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory