Path Traversal in Mate-Desktop Engrampa
CVE-2023-52138
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mate-Desktop Engrampa — versions < commit 63d5dfa
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/security/advisories/GHSA-c98h-v39w-3r7v (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/commit/63d5dfa9005c6b16d0f0ccd888cc859fca78f970 (Patch)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/…
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00011.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-52138?
- CVE-2023-52138 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mate-Desktop Engrampa, classified under CWE-25. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2024-02-05.
- How severe is CVE-2023-52138?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-52138 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.