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IronMonkey Threat Research

CVE-2023-27534 HIGH

Published: 2023-03-30 | Last Modified: 2025-04-23 | Status: Modified

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo while accessing a server with a specific user.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Impact Score: 5.9

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Secondary
en CWE-22
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-22

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
haxx curl * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369a32580> Application
fedoraproject fedora 36 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b259540> Operating System
netapp active_iq_unified_manager - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36a76e7c0> Application
broadcom brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b232340> Operating System
netapp h300s_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369a33880> Operating System
netapp h500s_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369a30a00> Operating System
netapp h700s_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd386768240> Operating System
netapp h410s_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b259100> Operating System
splunk universal_forwarder * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd38676b240> Application
splunk universal_forwarder * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369a30e80> Application
splunk universal_forwarder 9.1.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd3842b8ac0> Application

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References