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1 vulnerability found for ZKTeco ZKTime.Net by ZKTeco Inc.
CVE-2016-20024 (GCVE-0-2016-20024)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-15 13:35
Modified
2026-03-16 14:20
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-538 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
Summary
ZKTeco ZKTime.Net 3.0.1.6 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to escalate privileges by modifying executable files. Attackers can exploit world-writable permissions on the ZKTimeNet3.0 directory and its contents to replace executable files with malicious binaries for privilege escalation.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZKTeco Inc. | ZKTeco ZKTime.Net |
Version: 3.0.1.6 Version: 3.0.1.5 (160622) Version: 3.0.1.1 (160216) |
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