SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-5557

CVE-2023-5557 — A flaw was found in the tracker-miners package

A flaw was found in the tracker-miners package. A weakness in the sandbox allows a maliciously-crafted file to execute code outside the sandbox if the tracker-extract process has first been compromised by a separate vulnerability.

CVSS
7.5 HIGH
EPSS
0.04% (top 86.40%)
CWE
CWE-693
Published
2023-10-13T01:41:45.366Z
Last modified
2025-11-20T07:07:46.531Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in the tracker-miners package. A weakness in the sandbox allows a maliciously-crafted file to execute code outside the sandbox if the tracker-extract process has first been compromised by a separate vulnerability.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:2.1.5-2.el8_9.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support0:2.1.5-2.el8_6.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support0:2.1.5-2.el8_8.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:3.1.2-4.el9_3
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support0:3.1.2-2.el9_0
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support0:3.1.2-4.el9_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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