CVE-2023-0290 (GCVE-0-2023-0290)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-18 21:10 – Updated: 2025-04-03 19:52
VLAI
Title
Rapid7 Velociraptor directory traversal in client ID parameter
Summary
Rapid7 Velociraptor did not properly sanitize the client ID parameter to the CreateCollection API, allowing a directory traversal in where the collection task could be written. It was possible to provide a client id of "../clients/server" to schedule the collection for the server (as a server artifact), but only require privileges to schedule collections on the client. Normally, to schedule an artifact on the server, the COLLECT_SERVER permission is required. This permission is normally only granted to "administrator" role. Due to this issue, it is sufficient to have the COLLECT_CLIENT privilege, which is normally granted to the "investigator" role. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must already have a Velociraptor user account at least "investigator" level, and be able to authenticate to the GUI and issue an API call to the backend. Typically, most users deploy Velociraptor with limited access to a trusted group, and most users will already be administrators within the GUI. This issue affects Velociraptor versions before 0.6.7-5. Version 0.6.7-5, released January 16, 2023, fixes the issue.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-02 15:57 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
rapid7 CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 79 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Rapid7 Velociraptor Affected: 0 , < 0.6.7-5 (semver)
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Date Public
2023-01-17 14:00
Credits
Paul Alkemade from Telstra
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