linuxdeepin developer-center up to 6.0.6 docx Document path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in linuxdeepin developer-center up to 6.0.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component docx Document Handler. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-50254. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in linuxdeepin developer-center up to 6.0.6. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component docx Document Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Deepin Linux's default document reader `deepin-reader` software suffers from a serious vulnerability in versions prior to 6.0.7 due to a design flaw that leads to remote command execution via crafted docx document. This is a file overwrite vulnerability. Remote code execution (RCE) can be achieved by overwriting files like .bash_rc, .bash_login, etc. RCE will be triggered when the user opens the terminal. Version 6.0.7 contains a patch for the issue.

The weakness was published 12/22/2023 as GHSA-q9jr-726g-9495. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-50254 since 12/05/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 6.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 4db7a079fb7bd77257b1b9208a7ab26aade8fe04 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• linuxdeepin

Name

• developer-center

Version

• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/linuxdeepin/developer-center/

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