CVE-2023-0591
MEDIUMubi_reader < 0.8.5 - Path Traversal via Crafted UBIFS Node Names
Title source: llmDescription
ubireader_extract_files is vulnerable to path traversal when run against specifically crafted UBIFS files, allowing the attacker to overwrite files outside of the extraction directory (provided the process has write access to that file or directory). This is due to the fact that a node name (dent_node.name) is considered trusted and joined to the extraction directory path during processing, then the node content is written to that joined path. By crafting a malicious UBIFS file with node names holding path traversal payloads (e.g. ../../tmp/outside.txt), it's possible to force ubi_reader to write outside of the extraction directory. This issue affects ubi-reader before 0.8.5.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jrspruitt/ubi_reader/pull/57
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://onekey.com/blog/security-advisory-remote-command-execution-in-binwalk/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
30.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (2)
pypi/ubi-reader
0 - 0.8.5PyPI
ubi_reader_project/ubi_reader
< 0.8.5
Published
Jan 31, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026