Path Traversal in Windriver Vxworks
CVE-2023-38346
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 "tarExt…
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.012 (65.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Windriver Vxworks — versions 6.9, 7.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-38346?
- CVE-2023-38346 is a high-severity vulnerability in Windriver Vxworks, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-09-22.
- How severe is CVE-2023-38346?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-38346 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.