CVE-2023-38950

high

Description

A path traversal vulnerability in the iclock API of ZKTeco BioTime v8.5.5 allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via supplying a crafted payload.

References

https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950

https://securityaffairs.com/178140/security/u-s-cisa-adds-ivanti-epmm-mdaemon-email-server-srimax-output-messenger-zimbra-collaboration-and-zkteco-biotime-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/05/19/cisa-adds-six-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/reports/report-incident-response-middle-east.pdf

http://zkteco.com

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-08-03

Updated: 2025-05-21

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N