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CVE-2018-10860

51
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10860 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the perl-archive-zip module, affecting various distributions including Canonical and Debian Linux. An attacker could craft a malicious zip file to write or overwrite arbitrary files on a system running the vulnerable perl interpreter. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5) due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on integrity, requiring no user interaction. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for arbitrary file manipulation makes it a significant risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
48.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4872 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: perl-Archive-Zip
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: perl-Archive-Zip
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: perl-Archive-Zip
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-perl520-perl-Archive-Tar
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-perl526-perl-Archive-Tar

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10860Moderate

perl-Archive-Zip: Directory traversal in Archive::Zip

Jun 28, 2018

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00032.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3703-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3703-2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4300
securityfocus.com / bid/104580
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry