CVE-2021-4287

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4287
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JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-4287
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2022-12-27T11:15:10Z
Modified
2026-07-09T00:37:30Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ReFirm Labs binwalk up to 2.3.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py of the component Archive Extraction Handler. The manipulation leads to symlink following. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is fa0c0bd59b8588814756942fe4cb5452e76c1dcd. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216876.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/refirmlabs/binwalk

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/refirmlabs/binwalk
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fa0c0bd59b8588814756942fe4cb5452e76c1dcd
Database specific
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{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:binwalk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.3.3"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
python27
v1.*
v1.3.0
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.1
v2.1.1
v2.2.0
v2.3.0
v2.3.1
v2.3.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-4287.json"