CVE-2023-38523The web interface on multiple Samsung Harman AMX N-Series devices allows directory listing for the /tmp/ directory, without…
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 36% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
The web interface on multiple Samsung Harman AMX N-Series devices allows directory listing for the /tmp/ directory, without authentication, exposing sensitive information such as the command history and screenshot of the file being processed. This affects N-Series N1115 Wallplate Video Encoder before 1.15.61, N-Series N1x22A Video Encoder/Decoder before 1.15.61, N-Series N1x33A Video Encoder/Decoder before 1.15.61, N-Series N1x33 Video Encoder/Decoder before 1.15.61, N-Series N2x35 Video Encoder/Decoder before 1.15.61, N-Series N2x35A Video Encoder/Decoder before 1.15.61, N-Series N2xx2 Video Encoder/Decoder before 1.15.61, N-Series N2xx2A Video Encoder/Decoder before 1.15.61, N-Series N3000 Video Encoder/Decoder before 2.12.105, and N-Series N4321 Audio Transceiver before 1.00.06.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References11
- https://help.harmanpro.com/n1115-svsi-firmware (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://help.harmanpro.com/n1x22a-updater (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://help.harmanpro.com/n1x33a-updater (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://help.harmanpro.com/n1x33-updater (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://help.harmanpro.com/n2x35-updater-hotfix (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://help.harmanpro.com/n2x35a-updater-hotfix (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://help.harmanpro.com/n2xx2-updater-hotfix (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://help.harmanpro.com/n2xx2a-updater (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://help.harmanpro.com/svsi-n4321-firmware (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://help.harmanpro.com/n3k-updater-hotfix (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://wiki.notveg.ninja/blog/CVE-2023-38523/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-42322 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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