VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-16518
A directory traversal vulnerability with remote code execution in Prim'X Zed!
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.24%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A directory traversal vulnerability with remote code execution in Prim'X Zed! FREE through 1.0 build 186 and Zed! Limited Edition through 6.1 build 2208 allows creation of arbitrary files on a user's workstation using crafted ZED! containers because the watermark loading function can place an executable file into a Startup folder.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.24% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- primx/zed\! · primx/zed\! free
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/ponypot/cve/blob/master/zed_watermarkExtension.pdfBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ponypot/cve/blob/master/zed_watermarkExtension.pdfBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.