Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-16518

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! FREEllm-create
Range: <=1.0 build 186
PRIMX/Zed! Limited Editionllm-create
Range: <=6.1 build 2208

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/ponypot/cve/blob/master/zed_watermarkExtension.pdfnvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

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