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CVE-2023-0593

Path traversal in yaffshiv

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 31, 2023 at 09:31 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsYaffshivProject Yaffshiv

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

A path traversal vulnerability affects yaffshiv YAFFS filesystem extractor. By crafting a malicious YAFFS file, an attacker could force yaffshiv to write outside of the extraction directory. This issue affects yaffshiv up to version 0.1 included, which is the most recent at time of publication.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/devttys0/yaffshiv/pull/3/files
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://onekey.com/blog/security-advisory-remote-command-execution-in-binwalk/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMONEKEY
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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