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CVE-2018-1656

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1656 describes a path traversal vulnerability within the Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) in IBM Java Runtime Environment versions 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0, impacting IBM, Oracle, and Red Hat products. This vulnerability, rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5, allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high integrity impact (I:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) via a network vector (AV:N) by tricking a user into interacting with a malicious compressed dump file (UI:R). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sdk:6.0:*:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sdk:7.0:*:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sdk:8.0:*:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0451 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 26,208 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (8)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1656Moderate

JDK: path traversal flaw in the Diagnostic Tooling Framework

Aug 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2568
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2569
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2575
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2576
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2712
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2713
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/144882
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105118
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041765
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry