CVE-2023-7216
low-risk
Published 2024-02-05
A path traversal vulnerability was found in the CPIO utility. This issue could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted archive. During the extraction process, the archiver could follow symlinks outside of the intended directory, which allows files to be written in arbitrary directories through symlinks.
Do I need to act?
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0.28% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.3/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (4)
References (4)
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
10/34 · Low