Zkteco BioTime prior 8.5.3 PDF Generator access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Zkteco BioTime. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PDF Generator. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-38802. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Zkteco BioTime. This affects an unknown function of the component PDF Generator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Zkteco BioTime < 8.5.3 Build:20200816.447 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control via resign, private message, manual log, time interval, attshift, and holiday. An authenticated administrator can read local files by exploiting XSS into a pdf generator when exporting data as a PDF

The weakness was shared 11/30/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at gist.github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-38802 since 08/29/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: BioTime 8.5.3

Timelineinfo

08/29/2022 🔍
11/30/2022 +93 days 🔍
11/30/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/24/2025 +876 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gist.github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-38802 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38802
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214599

Entryinfo

Created: 11/30/2022 16:59
Updated: 04/24/2025 23:41
Changes: 11/30/2022 16:59 (39), 12/24/2022 20:41 (11), 04/24/2025 23:41 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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