Zed
CVE-2018-16518
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A directory traversal vulnerability with remote code execution in Prim'X Zed!. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
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This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. 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 include: Primx Zed\!, Primx Zed\! Free. Version information: through 1.0.
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Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
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.
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Zed, a code editor, has an extension installer allows tar/gzip downloads. [CVSS 8.8 HIGH]
Zed code editor versions prior to 0.224.4 contain a path traversal vulnerability in ZIP extraction that fails to sanitiz
Arbitrary code execution in the Zed code editor affects all versions prior to 0.218.2-pre, where Model Context Protocol
Arbitrary code execution in the Zed code editor (all versions prior to 0.218.2-pre) lets a project's .zed/settings.json
Zed code editor versions before 0.225.9 fail to properly validate symbolic links in Agent file tools, allowing attackers
Zed Editor versions prior to 0.219.4 fail to display tool invocation parameters during permission prompts or after execu
Remote code execution in Zed code editor versions prior to 0.227.1 occurs when a user opens a folder containing a malici
Arbitrary code execution in the Zed code editor (versions prior to 0.229.0) is possible by abusing its terminal tool per
Command injection in Zed code editor versions prior to 0.229.0 allows bypass of the terminal tool's permission allowlist
Remote command execution in Zed code editor versions prior to 0.227.1 occurs when opening SSH or WSL remote terminals be
By default, .ZED containers produced by PRIMX ZED!. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely explo
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