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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.