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CVE-2023-38951

Published: Aug 3, 2023

Modified: May 27, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

ZKTeco BioTime 8.5.5 through 9.x before 9.0.1 (20240617.19506) allows authenticated attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the server via crafted requests to /base/sftpsetting/ endpoints that abuse a path traversal issue in the Username field and a lack of input sanitization on the SSH Key field. Overwriting specific files may lead to arbitrary code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38951

https://github.com/omair2084/biotime-rce-8.5.5/blob/main/biotime_enum.py

https://krashconsulting.com/fury-of-fingers-biotime-rce/

https://www.zkteco.com/en/ZKBio_Time/ZKBioTime#Download

https://www.zkteco.com/en/announcement

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