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CVE-2021-22572

Data-transfer-project information disclosure via tmp directory

Published: Mar 29, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-377
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

On unix-like systems, the system temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. The root cause is File.createTempFile creates files in the the system temporary directory with world readable permissions. Any sensitive information written to theses files is visible to all other local users on unix-like systems. We recommend upgrading past commit https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/969

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-377CWE-668

Affected Products

Data-Transfer-ProjectGoogle LLC
Mixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
data transfer projectgoogle
On-prem
Mobile Apps / android-app
google llccommercialUSOSS Libraries
googlecommercialUSMobile Appsaka google inc, google llc

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/969
github.com
https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-22c6-wcjm-qfjg
github.com

Timeline

Published
Mar 29, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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