CVE-2023-38950: ZKTeco BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

ZKTeco BioTime contains a path traversal vulnerability in the iclock API that allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files via supplying a crafted payload.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://www.zkteco.com/en/Security_Bulletinsibs ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38950

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-22. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38950
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog