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CVE-2023-33245 Details

Description

Minecraft through 1.19 and 1.20 pre-releases before 7 (Java) allow arbitrary file overwrite, and possibly code execution, via crafted world data that contains a symlink.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/16165590199181	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://vuln.ryotak.net/advisories/67	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.minecraft.net/ja-jp/article/minecraft-1-20-pre-release-7	CVE	Release Notes
https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/16165590199181	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://vuln.ryotak.net/advisories/67	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.minecraft.net/ja-jp/article/minecraft-1-20-pre-release-7	[email protected]	Release Notes

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	CISA-ADP

Affected Products

Product	Versions
minecraft minecraft	<= 1.19 1.20 pre-release1 1.20 pre-release2 1.20 pre-release3 1.20 pre-release4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:::::java:::* cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release1:::java:::* cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release2:::java:::* cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release3:::java:::* cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release4:::java:::* cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release5:::java:::* cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release6:::java:::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

minecraft minecraft

<= 1.19

1.20 pre-release1

1.20 pre-release2

1.20 pre-release3

1.20 pre-release4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:*:*:*:*:java:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release1:*:*:java:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release2:*:*:java:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release3:*:*:java:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release4:*:*:java:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release5:*:*:java:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:minecraft:minecraft:1.20:pre-release6:*:*:java:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jan 10, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 5, 2023	Initial Analysis	[email protected]