#VU67717 UNIX symbolic link following in Cargo - CVE-2022-36113

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#VU67717 UNIX symbolic link following in Cargo - CVE-2022-36113

Published: September 28, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67717
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36113
CWE-ID: CWE-61
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cargo
Software vendor:
The Rust Programming Language

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to corrupt arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue. A remote attacker can add a malicious ".cargo-ok" symbolic link into the package, point the link to an arbitrary file on the system and corrupt it during package extraction.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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