CVE-2023-38950

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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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://zkteco.com Product
https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950 Third Party Advisory
http://zkteco.com Product
https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950 Third Party Advisory
https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859 Exploit
https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/reports/report-incident-response-middle-east.pdf Technical Description
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:zkteco:biotime:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 May 2025, 18:34

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References () https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859 - () https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859 - Exploit
References () https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/reports/report-incident-response-middle-east.pdf - () https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/reports/report-incident-response-middle-east.pdf - Technical Description

19 May 2025, 18:15

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

05 May 2025, 15:15

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References
  • () https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859 -

21 Nov 2024, 08:14

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://zkteco.com - Product () http://zkteco.com - Product
References () https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950 - Third Party Advisory () https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950 - Third Party Advisory

08 Aug 2023, 19:02

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First Time Zkteco
Zkteco biotime
CWE CWE-22
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
References (MISC) http://zkteco.com - (MISC) http://zkteco.com - Product
References (MISC) https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950 - (MISC) https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950 - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:zkteco:biotime:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

03 Aug 2023, 23:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-08-03 23:15

Updated : 2025-05-21 18:34

NVD link : CVE-2023-38950

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38950

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38950

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Products Affected

zkteco

  • biotime
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')