CVE-2022-41720: Restricted file access on Windows in os and net/http
Go standard library · os
Vendor fix available · Affected: Go standard library os · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 70% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
On Windows, restricted files can be accessed via os.DirFS and http.Dir. The os.DirFS function and http.Dir type provide access to a tree of files rooted at a given directory. These functions permit access to Windows device files under that root. For example, os.DirFS("C:/tmp").Open("COM1") opens the COM1 device. Both os.DirFS and http.Dir only provide read-only filesystem access. In addition, on Windows, an os.DirFS for the directory (the root of the current drive) can permit a maliciously crafted path to escape from the drive and access any path on the system. With fix applied, the behavior of os.DirFS("") has changed. Previously, an empty root was treated equivalently to "/", so os.DirFS("").Open("tmp") would open the path "/tmp". This now returns an error.
Affected products2
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Go standard library · osbefore 1.18.9; from 1.19.0-0 before 1.19.4
- Go standard library · net/httpbefore 1.18.9; from 1.19.0-0 before 1.19.4
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Published
- December 2022
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