CVE-2018-1000544 – rubyzip

Package

Manager: gem
Name: rubyzip
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.2.2

Severity

Level: Critical

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00344 pctl0.56269

Details

Rubyzip gem contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in zip file component rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site allows uploading of .zip files , an attacker can upload a malicious file that contains symlinks or files with absolute pathnames "../" to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.. This is similar to CVE-2017-5946 which was patched in 1.2.1 but the fix in that case was incomplete.

Metadata

Created: 2018-09-06T03:27:18Z
Modified: 2022-04-26T18:30:20Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/09/GHSA-vqcq-mrmw-mcmg/GHSA-vqcq-mrmw-mcmg.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-434", "CWE-59"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-vqcq-mrmw-mcmg
Finding: F027
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