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CVE-2023-37460 Detail

Description

Plexis Archiver is a collection of Plexus components to create archives or extract archives to a directory with a unified `Archiver`/`UnArchiver` API. Prior to version 4.8.0, using AbstractUnArchiver for extracting an archive might lead to an arbitrary file creation and possibly remote code execution. When extracting an archive with an entry that already exists in the destination directory as a symbolic link whose target does not exist - the `resolveFile()` function will return the symlink's source instead of its target, which will pass the verification that ensures the file will not be extracted outside of the destination directory. Later `Files.newOutputStream()`, that follows symlinks by default, will actually write the entry's content to the symlink's target. Whoever uses plexus archiver to extract an untrusted archive is vulnerable to an arbitrary file creation and possibly remote code execution. Version 4.8.0 contains a patch for this issue.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/54759839fbdf85caf8442076f001d5fd64e0dcb2 Patch 
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/54759839fbdf85caf8442076f001d5fd64e0dcb2 Patch 
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/releases/tag/plexus-archiver-4.8.0 Release Notes 
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/releases/tag/plexus-archiver-4.8.0 Release Notes 
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/security/advisories/GHSA-wh3p-fphp-9h2m Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/security/advisories/GHSA-wh3p-fphp-9h2m Exploit  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-37460
NVD Published Date:
07/25/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.