CVE-2023-7216

Cpio: extraction allows symlinks which enables remote command execution

Published: Feb 5, 2024Updated: Feb 25, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-59

5.3MEDIUM

Description

A path traversal vulnerability was found in the CPIO utility. This issue could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted archive. During the extraction process, the archiver could follow symlinks outside of the intended directory, which allows files to be written in arbitrary directories through symlinks.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:LAvailability

Low

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Weaknesses

CWE-59 CWE-22

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.

commercial·USaka redhat, Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6On-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

gnu

oss-project·USaka g. nu

cpio

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Workaround Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216

access.redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249901

bugzilla.redhat.com

https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.252856

vuldb.com

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