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CVE-2018-5755 json

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the readerengine component in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7.6.3-rev3, 7.8.x before 7.8.2-rev4…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17524

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.7%
EPSS 7.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the readerengine component in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7.6.3-rev3, 7.8.x before 7.8.2-rev4, 7.8.3 before 7.8.3-rev5, and 7.8.4 before 7.8.4-rev4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in a formula in a spreadsheet.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-44881)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44881 OX App Suite 7.8.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2018-06-12
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148118/OX-App-Suite-7.8.4-XSS-Privilege-Management-SSRF-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/23 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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