CVE-2023-28405 Path traversal in Intel(R) Distribution of OpenVINO(TM) Toolkit

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

An authenticated local attacker can exploit an uncontrolled search path in the Intel OpenVINO Toolkit to escalate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-28405?

CVE-2023-28405 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Intel(R) Distribution of OpenVINO(TM) Toolkit, published on 11 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Uncontrolled search path in the Intel(R) Distribution of OpenVINO(TM) Toolkit before version 2022.3.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-427

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28405?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Openvino.

How do I fix CVE-2023-28405?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-28405 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28405 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5r5v-p787-2g3c.

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