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CVE-2018-1797
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-11-16T15:29:00.347 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:51:47.730

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 using Enterprise bundle Archives (EBA) could allow a local attacker to traverse directories on the system. By persuading a victim to extract a specially-crafted ZIP archive containing "dot dot slash" sequences (../), an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write to arbitrary files on the system. Note: This vulnerability is known as "Zip-Slip". IBM X-Force ID: 149427.

Affected products

ibm — websphere_application_server

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