CVE-2023-52138
"Engrampa MATE Remote Command Execution via Path Traversal"
Description
Engrampa is an archive manager for the MATE environment. Engrampa is found to be vulnerable to a Path Traversal vulnerability that can be leveraged to achieve full Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the target. While handling CPIO archives, the Engrampa Archive manager follows symlink, cpio by default will follow stored symlinks while extracting and the Archiver will not check the symlink location, which leads to arbitrary file writes to unintended locations. When the victim extracts the archive, the attacker can craft a malicious cpio or ISO archive to achieve RCE on the target system. This vulnerability was fixed in commit 63d5dfa.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 5, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the engrampa packages to the latest version.
- If necessary, restart the system after updating.
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weaknesses.
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Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Engrampa is an archive manager for the MATE environment. Engrampa is found to be vulnerable to a Path Traversal vulnerability that can be leveraged to achieve full Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the target. While handling CPIO archives, the Engrampa Archive manager follows symlink, cpio by default will follow stored symlinks while extracting and the Archiver will not check the symlink location, which leads to arbitrary file writes to unintended locations. When the victim extracts the archive, the attacker can craft a malicious cpio or ISO archive to achieve RCE on the target system. This vulnerability was fixed in commit 63d5dfa. Engrampa is an archive manager for the MATE environment. Engrampa is found to be vulnerable to a Path Traversal vulnerability that can be leveraged to achieve full Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the target. While handling CPIO archives, the Engrampa Archive manager follows symlink, cpio by default will follow stored symlinks while extracting and the Archiver will not check the symlink location, which leads to arbitrary file writes to unintended locations. When the victim extracts the archive, the attacker can craft a malicious cpio or ISO archive to achieve RCE on the target system. This vulnerability was fixed in commit 63d5dfa. -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/commit/63d5dfa9005c6b16d0f0ccd888cc859fca78f970 Added Reference https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/security/advisories/GHSA-c98h-v39w-3r7v Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00011.html Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4IOJ3QWXTZGCXFEHP72ELY22PZ4AX2CB/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 29, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00011.html [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 15, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4IOJ3QWXTZGCXFEHP72ELY22PZ4AX2CB/ [No types assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/commit/63d5dfa9005c6b16d0f0ccd888cc859fca78f970 No Types Assigned https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/commit/63d5dfa9005c6b16d0f0ccd888cc859fca78f970 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/security/advisories/GHSA-c98h-v39w-3r7v No Types Assigned https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/security/advisories/GHSA-c98h-v39w-3r7v Exploit, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-59 Added CWE NIST CWE-22 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mate-desktop:engrampa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.26.2 -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Feb. 05, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Engrampa is an archive manager for the MATE environment. Engrampa is found to be vulnerable to a Path Traversal vulnerability that can be leveraged to achieve full Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the target. While handling CPIO archives, the Engrampa Archive manager follows symlink, cpio by default will follow stored symlinks while extracting and the Archiver will not check the symlink location, which leads to arbitrary file writes to unintended locations. When the victim extracts the archive, the attacker can craft a malicious cpio or ISO archive to achieve RCE on the target system. This vulnerability was fixed in commit 63d5dfa. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/security/advisories/GHSA-c98h-v39w-3r7v [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/commit/63d5dfa9005c6b16d0f0ccd888cc859fca78f970 [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-25 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.6
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.88 }} 0.49%
score
0.82292
percentile