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CVE-2017-15131

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Published: Jan 9, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

It was found that system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories, since Xsession sources xdg-user-dirs.sh before setting umask policy. This only affects xdg-user-dirs before 0.15.5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Affected (2)

Freedesktop
1 product
Xdg User Dirs
Redhat
1 product
Enterprise Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Xdg User Dirs
Before 0.15.5
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Enterprise Linux
Version 7.0

Related CWEs

CWE-276
Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
CWE-284
Improper Access Control
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

References (6)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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