CVE-2018-1000544 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability in rubyzip gem versions 1.2.1 and earlier, affecting products like Debian and Red Hat CloudForms. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by uploading a malicious ZIP file containing symlinks or absolute paths, allowing arbitrary file writes to the filesystem. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability). Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyzip_project:rubyzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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