Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 15.9/2019 16.11/2022 17.5 mingit path traversal

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.6$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 15.9/2019 16.11/2022 17.5. This affects an unknown part of the component mingit. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-23946. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 15.9/2019 16.11/2022 17.5 (Programming Tool Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component mingit. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 03/14/2023 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-23946. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 353181 (CentOS Linux 7 [TuxCare] Security Update: emacs-git / emacs-git-el / git / git-all / git-bzr / git-cvs / etc (CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1714728645)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (353181). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.2
CNA Vector (GitHub): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 353181
Nessus Name: CentOS Linux 7 [TuxCare] Security Update: emacs-git / emacs-git-el / git / git-all / git-bzr / git-cvs / etc (CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1714728645)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

01/19/2023 🔍
03/14/2023 +54 days 🔍
03/14/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/14/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/01/2026 +1297 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: c867e4fa180bec4750e9b54eb10f459030dbebfd
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23946 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23946
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223060

Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2023 21:18
Updated: 10/01/2026 10:18
Changes: 03/14/2023 21:18 (8), 03/14/2023 21:19 (4), 03/14/2023 21:22 (30), 04/08/2023 00:27 (4), 04/08/2023 00:36 (21), 10/01/2026 10:18 (17)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!