Path traversal in ExifTool - CVE-2022-23935
Published: February 20, 2022 / Updated: February 12, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60721
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23935
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the file names within lib/Image/ExifTool.pm. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file name to the application and read arbitrary files on the system.
Affected software
ExifTool
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
perl-Image-ExifTool
media-libs/exiftool
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
perl-Image-ExifTool
media-libs/exiftool
How to mitigate CVE-2022-23935
Install update from vendor's website.
ExifTool - update to 12.38
perl-Image-ExifTool - addressed in versions 12.38-1.el7, 12.38-1.el8, 12.38-1.fc34, 12.38-1.fc35
media-libs/exiftool - update to 12.42
perl-Image-ExifTool - addressed in versions 12.38-1.el7, 12.38-1.el8, 12.38-1.fc34, 12.38-1.fc35
media-libs/exiftool - update to 12.42
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #8829 - CVE-2022-23935 (? Python Exploit for CVE-2022-23935) (February 12, 2023)
- Exploit #8800 - CVE-2022-23935 (CVE-2022-23935 exploit PoC exiftool version 12.37 written in python) (February 7, 2023)
- Exploit #8776 - CVE-2022-23935-PoC-Exploit (CVE-2022-23935 exploit PoC exiftool version 12.37) (January 29, 2023)