CVE-2021-28099 (GCVE-0-2021-28099)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-23 20:28 – Updated: 2024-08-03 21:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In Netflix OSS Hollow, since the Files.exists(parent) is run before creating the directories, an attacker can pre-create these directories with wide permissions. Additionally, since an insecure source of randomness is used, the file names to be created can be deterministically calculated.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CWE
- Local Information Disclosure
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blo… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Netflix OSS Hollow |
Affected:
All versions
|
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