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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.

Published

2018-01-09T21:29:00.373

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:14:07.993

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-284
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-276
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application freedesktop xdg-user-dirs < 0.15.5 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 Yes
References