CVE-2022-36943 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

SSZipArchive versions 2.5.3 and older contain an arbitrary file write vulnerability due to lack of sanitization on paths which are symlinks. SSZipArchive will overwrite files on the filesystem when opening a malicious ZIP containing a symlink as the first item.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00154.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ssziparchive Project	Ssziparchive

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ssziparchive_project:ssziparchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39601	SSZipArchive versions 2.5.3 and older contain an arbitrary file write vulnerability due to lack of sanitization on paths which are symlinks. SSZipArchive will overwrite files on the filesystem when opening a malicious ZIP containing a symlink as the first item.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-vgvw-6xcf-qqfc

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: facebook

Published: 2023-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T15:56:21.976Z

Reserved: 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36943

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:21:31.976Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-03T21:15:12.757

Modified: 2025-04-10T16:15:19.720

Link: CVE-2022-36943

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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