{"id":"CVE-2018-16518","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16518","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:04:44.267Z","title":"A directory traversal vulnerability with remote code execution in Prim'X Zed!","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.","published":"2018-09-05T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["primx/zed\\!","primx/zed\\! free"],"epss":{"score":0.03236,"percentile":0.88214,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ponypot/cve/blob/master/zed_watermarkExtension.pdf","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/ponypot/cve/blob/master/zed_watermarkExtension.pdf","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16518","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}