Path Traversal in Adamhathcock Sharpcompress

CVE-2018-1002206

SharpCompress before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.094 (95.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-1002206: fell from 0.101 to 0.094.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.101 · newest: 0.094 · change: -0.008

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1002206?
CVE-2018-1002206 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adamhathcock Sharpcompress, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-1002206?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-1002206 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.