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Zip Slip

cve-2022 | Level: Easy  | Total Lab Runs: 0 | Premium Lab

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Zip Slip is a widespread arbitrary file overwrite critical vulnerability, which typically results in remote command execution. It was discovered and responsibly disclosed by the Snyk Security team ahead of public disclosure on 5th June 2018. It affected thousands of projects, including ones from HP, Amazon, Apache, Pivotal, and many more.

In this lab environment, the user will get access to a Kali GUI instance. An image converter web app is running on the target server. It can be accessed using the tools installed on Kali at http://demo.ine.local.

Objective: Exploit the Zip Slip vulnerability in the bulk conversion feature to gain SSH access on the server and retrieve the flag!


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