CVE-2018-1002202 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting zip4j versions prior to 1.3.3. Attackers can exploit this by crafting a malicious Zip archive containing entries with "../" (dot dot slash) sequences, allowing them to write arbitrary files to locations outside the intended extraction directory. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a high integrity impact (I:H), as it can lead to unauthorized file modification. While exploit intelligence shows no public Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, and it's not listed in the KEV catalog, its "Zip-Slip" nature is a known attack class. There is currently no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this specific CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zip4j_project:zip4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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