CVE-2014-4039 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Project Ppc64-diag
Severity
2.1LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 17
Latest updateMay 17
Description
ppc64-diag 2.6.1 uses 0775 permissions for /tmp/diagSEsnap and does not properly restrict permissions for /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in this archive, as demonstrated by /var/log/messages and /etc/yaboot.conf.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 2.9