CVE-2018-14650Incorrect Permission Assignment in Project Sos-collector

Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 27
Latest updateMay 13

Description

It was discovered that sos-collector does not properly set the default permissions of newly created files, making all files created by the tool readable by any local user. A local attacker may use this flaw by waiting for a legit user to run sos-collector and steal the collected data in the /var/tmp directory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4pjf-x44m-95hq: It was discovered that sos-collector does not properly set the default permissions of newly created files, making all files created by the tool readab2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-14650: It was discovered that sos-collector does not properly set the default permissions of newly created files, making all files created by the tool readab2018-09-27

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
sos-collector: incorrect permissions set on newly created files2018-09-27

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14650 sos-collector: incorrect permissions set on newly created files [fedora-all]2018-09-27
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14650 sos-collector: incorrect permissions set on newly created files2018-09-26
CVE-2018-14650 — Incorrect Permission Assignment | cvebase