CVE-2023-6908
Published: 18 December 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-6908 is a low-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Dfirkuiper Kuiper. Its CVSS base score is 3.1 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Direct Volume Access (T1006); ranked at the 31.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-59109
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in DFIRKuiper Kuiper 2.3.4. This affects the function unzip_file of the file kuiper/app/controllers/case_management.py of the component TAR Archive Handler. The manipulation of the argument dst_path leads to path traversal. It is…
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possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Upgrading to version 2.3.5 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 94fa135153002f651f5526c55a7240e083db8d73. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-248277 was assigned to this vulnerability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Path traversal vulnerability in TAR archive handler's unzip_file function allows extraction to arbitrary dst_path outside restricted directories, enabling direct file system access mapped to T1006 Direct Volume Access by the advisory.
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.