CVE-2017-15131

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1412762	Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1412762	Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:xdg-user-dirs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-01-09 21:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:14

NVD link : CVE-2017-15131

Mitre link : CVE-2017-15131

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-15131

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

freedesktop

xdg-user-dirs

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

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