CVE-2018-1000849 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting apk-tools in Alpine Linux versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious APK file, leveraging bugs in handling long link target names and file extraction to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.7.7, < 2.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.