CVE-2022-4510 (GCVE-0-2022-4510)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-25 12:25 – Updated: 2025-12-16 09:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Path Traversal in binwalk
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in ReFirm Labs binwalk from version 2.1.2b through 2.3.3 included. By crafting a malicious PFS filesystem file, an attacker can get binwalk's PFS extractor to extract files at arbitrary locations when binwalk is run in extraction mode (-e option). Remote code execution can be achieved by building a PFS filesystem that, upon extraction, would extract a malicious binwalk module into the folder .config/binwalk/plugins.
This vulnerability is associated with program files src/binwalk/plugins/unpfs.py.
This issue affects binwalk from 2.1.2b through 2.3.3 included.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-27 19:54 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refirm Labs | binwalk |
Affected:
2.1.2b , ≤ 2.3.3
(2.1.2b)
|
Date Public
2023-01-26 09:00
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