CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-38951
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-08-03
- Last modified
- 2026-07-09
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
ZKTeco BioTime 8.5.5 through 9.x before 9.0.1 (20240617.19506) allows authenticated attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the server via crafted requests to /base/sftpsetting/ endpoints that abuse a path traversal issue in the Username field and a lack of input sanitization on the SSH Key field. Overwriting specific files may lead to arbitrary code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
Affected configurations
• zkteco biotime 8.5.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38951 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/omair2084/biotime-rce-8.5.5/blob/main/biotime_enum.py github.com
- https://krashconsulting.com/fury-of-fingers-biotime-rce/ krashconsulting.com
- https://www.zkteco.com/en/ZKBio_Time/ZKBioTime#Download www.zkteco.com
- https://www.zkteco.com/en/announcement www.zkteco.com
- https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38951 Third Party Advisory
- https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859 sploitus.com