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CVE-2023-38346

Published: Sep 22, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-22
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 34.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and 7. The function ``tarExtract`` implements TAR file extraction and thereby also processes files within an archive that have relative or absolute file paths. A developer using the "tarExtract" function may expect that the function will strip leading slashes from absolute paths or stop processing when encountering relative paths that are outside of the extraction path, unless otherwise forced. This could lead to unexpected and undocumented behavior, which in general could result in a directory traversal, and associated unexpected behavior.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

Wind River Systems, Inc.
commercialaka windriver, bsdos, vxworks, linux, wind river linux, bdos, bsd os
VxWorksMixed
Operating Systems / rtos-embedded-os
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2023-38346
support2.windriver.com
https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=security-notices
support2.windriver.com
https://www.pentagrid.ch/en/blog/wind-river-vxworks-tarextract-directory-traversal-vulnerability/
pentagrid.ch
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