Arbitrary File Overwrite via Tar Extraction Path Traversal
Published Nov 26, 2025 · Updated Nov 26, 2025
Path traversal in Mozart FM Transmitter allows remote attackers to overwrite writable system files through a crafted settings archive. The restore_mozzi_memories.sh helper extracts a user-supplied .tgz archive into the filesystem root with tar -C / and does not validate archive paths. Exploitation requires placing the archive through an unauthenticated upload endpoint and invoking the unauthenticated restore interface, enabling replacement of writable configuration or web files and full device compromise.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Mozart FM Transmitter allows remote attackers to overwrite writable system files through a crafted settings archive. The restore_mozzi_memories.sh helper extracts a user-supplied .tgz archive into the filesystem root with tar -C / and does not validate archive paths. Exploitation requires placing the archive through an unauthenticated upload endpoint and invoking the unauthenticated restore interface, enabling replacement of writable configuration or web files and full device compromise.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-66262
- Published
- Nov 26, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 26, 2025
- Vendor
- DB Elettronica Telecomunicazioni S.p.A.
- Product
- Mozart FM Transmitter
- Classifications
- CWE-22, CAPEC-100, T0819
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Mozart settings-archive overwrite procedureproof of concept · demonstrated
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