CRITICAL: CVE-2023-38951 (CVSS 9.8) — zkteco biotime
CVE: CVE-2023-38951
CVSS: 9.8 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL
Status: Critical advisory
Affected
- zkteco biotime
Summary
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.
Verified Sources
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
- https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38951
- https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859
_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._
Lyrie Verdict
A vulnerability of this severity is exactly what Lyrie's anti-rogue-AI defense is built for: continuous, autonomous monitoring that doesn't wait for human reaction time.
Validated sources
- [1]NVD
- [2]GitHub Advisory
- [3]MITRE