CVE-2023-52138
CVSS 3.1 Score 9.6 of 10 (high)
Details
Summary
CVE-2023-52138 is a Path Traversal vulnerability found in Engrampa, an archive manager for the MATE environment. This vulnerability allows attackers to achieve full Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the target system. By crafting a malicious cpio or ISO archive, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability and write arbitrary files to unintended locations. The issue was fixed in commit 63d5dfa. The vulnerability has a base severity of CRITICAL, with high impacts on integrity and confidentiality. It requires user interaction and network access to exploit. There are multiple affected products, but no specific information about how to remediate it is provided in the given text.
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