CVE-2023-38312
Published: 15 October 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-38312 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Valvesoftware Counter-Strike. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 26.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-42131
Vulnerability details
A directory traversal vulnerability in Valve Counter-Strike 8684 allows a client (with remote control access to a game server) to read arbitrary files from the underlying server via the motdfile console variable.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.