CVE-2018-1000544: Path Traversal

June 26, 2018 (updated March 13, 2019)

The gem rubyzip contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site allows uploading of .zip files, an attacker can upload a malicious file that contains symlinks or files with absolute pathnames .. to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000544

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