CVE-2017-1000472

Publication date 3 January 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The ZipCommon::isValidPath() function in Zip/src/ZipCommon.cpp in POCO C++ Libraries before 1.8 does not properly restrict the filename value in the ZIP header, which allows attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks during the ZIP decompression, and possibly create or overwrite arbitrary files, via a crafted ZIP file, related to a "file path injection vulnerability".

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
poco	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.3.6p1-5.1ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.3.6p1-4+deb7u1build1

Notes

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fixed in 1.7.9p1 uptream

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N