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CVE-2018-16518

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• Primx Zed!: through 6.1
• Primx Zed! Free: through 1.0

References

• https://github.com/ponypot/cve/blob/master/zed_watermarkExtension.pdf
• https://github.com/ponypot/cve/blob/master/zed_watermarkExtension.pdf

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