Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ReFirm Labs binwalk up to 2.3.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py of the component Archive Extraction Handler. The manipulation leads to symlink following. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is fa0c0bd59b8588814756942fe4cb5452e76c1dcd. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216876.
Published: 2022-12-27
Score: 5 Medium
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-7566 A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ReFirm Labs binwalk up to 2.3.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py of the component Archive Extraction Handler. The manipulation leads to symlink following. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is fa0c0bd59b8588814756942fe4cb5452e76c1dcd. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216876.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8m3f-g62j-3vx8 binwalk vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
History

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Microsoft Binwalk
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-11T14:42:29.162Z

Reserved: 2022-12-27T10:31:18.759Z

Link: CVE-2021-4287

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:10.402Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-27T11:15:10.640

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:19.477

Link: CVE-2021-4287

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