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1 vulnerability by ZipArchive
CVE-2022-36943 (GCVE-0-2022-36943)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-10 15:56
VLAI
Summary
SSZipArchive versions 2.5.3 and older contain an arbitrary file write vulnerability due to lack of sanitization on paths which are symlinks. SSZipArchive will overwrite files on the filesystem when opening a malicious ZIP containing a symlink as the first item.
Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'), CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZipArchive | SSZipArchive |
Affected:
unspecified , ≤ 2.5.3
(custom)
|
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