Arc Vulnerable to Path Traversal Attacks via 'Zip Slip'

CVE-2023-5938
8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Nozomi Networks
Status
Arc
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 May 2024

Summary

Multiple functions use archives without properly validating the filenames therein, rendering the application vulnerable to path traversal via 'zip slip' attacks. An administrator able to provide tampered archives to be processed by the affected versions of Arc may be able to have arbitrary files extracted to arbitrary filesystem locations. Leveraging this issue, an attacker may be able to overwrite arbitrary files on the target filesystem and cause critical impacts on the system (e.g., arbitrary command execution on the victim’s machine).

Affected Version(s)

Arc < 1.6.0

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

This issue was found by Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks Security Research team during an internal penetration testing session.
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