CVE-2023-31167

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Severity Score

8.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5036 acSELerator Bay Screen Builder Software on Windows allows Relative Path Traversal. SEL acSELerator Bay Screen Builder software is distributed by SEL-5033 SEL acSELerator RTAC, SEL-5030 Quickset, and SEL Compass. CVE-2023-31167 and was patched in the acSELerator Bay Screen Builder release available on 20230602. Please contact SEL for additional details. This issue affects SEL-5036 acSELerator Bay Screen Builder Software: before 1.0.49152.778.

*Credits: Reid Wightman of Dragos

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-04-24 CVE Reserved
2023-08-31 CVE Published
2024-09-27 CVE Updated
2025-02-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

CAPEC-139: Relative Path Traversal

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://dragos.com	Not Applicable

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://selinc.com/support/security-notifications/external-reports	2023-09-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Selinc Search vendor "Selinc"	Sel-5036 Acselerator Bay Screen Builder Search vendor "Selinc" for product "Sel-5036 Acselerator Bay Screen Builder"	< 1.0.49152.778 Search vendor "Selinc" for product "Sel-5036 Acselerator Bay Screen Builder" and version " < 1.0.49152.778"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe