CVE-2023-52138
8.2 · HIGHOverview
CVE-2023-52138 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting mate-desktop engrampa. It was published on February 5, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.2, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
Technical 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.
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mate-desktop. Update engrampa to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| mate-desktop | engrampa | >= 0, < 1.26.2 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2023-52138?
CVE-2023-52138 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting mate-desktop engrampa. It was published on February 5, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2023-52138?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.2, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2023-52138?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mate-desktop. Update engrampa to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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