The vulnerability of the tarExtract function in real-time operating systems like Wind River VxWorks allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

The vulnerability of the tarExtract function in real-time operating systems like Wind River VxWorks relates to the ability to bypass the directory structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary commands remotely by introducing a malicious tar file...

CVE-2023-38346

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and 7. The function tarExtract implements TAR file extraction and thereby also processes files within an archive that have relative or absolute file paths. A developer using the "tarExtract" function may expect that the function will strip leading...

CVE-2023-38346

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and 7. The function tarExtract implements TAR file extraction and thereby also processes files within an archive that have relative or absolute file paths. A developer using the "tarExtract" function may expect that the function will strip leading...

Directory traversal

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and 7. The function tarExtract implements TAR file extraction and thereby also processes files within an archive that have relative or absolute file paths. A developer using the "tarExtract" function may expect that the function will strip leading...

Wind River VxWorks Path Traversal Vulnerability

Wind River VxWorks is an operating system from Wind River Systems, Inc. the industry-leading real-time operating system for building embedded devices and systems. A security vulnerability exists in Wind River VxWorks that stems from a flaw in the tarExtract function that could lead to unexpected...

CVE-2023-38346

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and 7. The function tarExtract implements TAR file extraction and thereby also processes files within an archive that have relative or absolute file paths. A developer using the "tarExtract" function may expect that the function will strip leading...

PT-2023-5463 · Wind River · Vxworks

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Wind River VxWorks versions 6.9 through 7 Description: An issue was discovered in the tarExtract function, which implements TAR file extraction and processes files within an archive that have relative or absolute file paths. This could lead t...