CVE-2023-38951
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Path traversal
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
ZKTeco BioTime 8.5.5 through 9.x before 9.0.1 (20240617.19506) allows authenticated attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the server via crafted requests to /base/sftpsetting/ endpoints that abuse a path traversal issue in the Username field and a lack of input sanitization on the SSH Key field. Overwriting specific files may lead to arbitrary code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38951Advisory
- https://github.com/omair2084/biotime-rce-8.5.5/blob/main/biotime_enum.py
- https://krashconsulting.com/fury-of-fingers-biotime-rce/
- https://www.zkteco.com/en/ZKBio_Time/ZKBioTime#Download
- https://www.zkteco.com/en/announcement
- http://zkteco.com
- https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859