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2 vulnerabilities found for ZKTeco ZKTime.Net by ZKTeco Inc.

CVE-2016-20024 (GCVE-0-2016-20024)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-03-15 13:35 – Updated: 2026-03-16 14:20
VLAI?
Title
ZKTeco ZKTime.Net 3.0.1.6 Insecure File Permissions Privilege Escalation
Summary
ZKTeco ZKTime.Net 3.0.1.6 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to escalate privileges by modifying executable files. Attackers can exploit world-writable permissions on the ZKTimeNet3.0 directory and its contents to replace executable files with malicious binaries for privilege escalation.
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-538 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ZKTeco Inc. ZKTeco ZKTime.Net Affected: 3.0.1.6
Affected: 3.0.1.5 (160622)
Affected: 3.0.1.1 (160216)
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Date Public ?
2016-08-30 00:00
Credits
LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab
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CVE-2016-20024 (GCVE-0-2016-20024)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-15 13:35 – Updated: 2026-03-16 14:20
VLAI?
Title
ZKTeco ZKTime.Net 3.0.1.6 Insecure File Permissions Privilege Escalation
Summary
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Severity ?
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-538 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
Assigner
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Vendor Product Version
ZKTeco Inc. ZKTeco ZKTime.Net Affected: 3.0.1.6
Affected: 3.0.1.5 (160622)
Affected: 3.0.1.1 (160216)
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public ?
2016-08-30 00:00
Credits
LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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