CVE-2021-23521
MEDIUMjuce < 6.1.5 - Arbitrary File Write via Symbolic Link in Archive Extraction
Title source: llmDescription
This affects the package juce-framework/JUCE before 6.1.5. This vulnerability is triggered when a malicious archive is crafted with an entry containing a symbolic link. When extracted, the symbolic link is followed outside of the target dir allowing writing arbitrary files on the target host. In some cases, this can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerable code is in the ZipFile::uncompressEntry function in juce_ZipFile.cpp and is executed when the archive is extracted upon calling uncompressTo() on a ZipFile object.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE/commit/2e874e80cba0152201aff6a4d0dc407997d10a7f
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-UNMANAGED-JUCEFRAMEWORKJUCE-2388608
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0051
EPSS Percentile
39.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (1)
juce/juce
< 6.1.5
Published
Jan 31, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026