CVE-2023-0593 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-0593

Path traversal in yaffshiv

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Quentin Kaiser from ONEKEY Research Labs

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

yaffshiv
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 31st, 2023
Last Modified: March 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact