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CVE-2023-38951

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/3/2023

Last Modified5/27/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

zkteco:biotime

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22CWE-22

References

https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38951(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/omair2084/biotime-rce-8.5.5/blob/main/biotime_enum.py(cve@mitre.org)

https://krashconsulting.com/fury-of-fingers-biotime-rce/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.zkteco.com/en/ZKBio_Time/ZKBioTime#Download(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.zkteco.com/en/announcement(cve@mitre.org)

http://zkteco.com(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38951(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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