Vulnerability 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…
EPSS: 0.025 (85.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Mate-desktop Engrampa — versions < commit 63d5dfa
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/security/advisories/GHSA-c98h-v39w-3r7v (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/commit/63d5dfa9005c6b16d0f0ccd888cc859fca78f970 (x_refsource_MISC)
- 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.