CVE-2023-30571 (GCVE-0-2023-30571)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-29 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-14 17:07
VLAI
Summary
Libarchive through 3.6.2 can cause directories to have world-writable permissions. The umask() call inside archive_write_disk_posix.c changes the umask of the whole process for a very short period of time; a race condition with another thread can lead to a permanent umask 0 setting. Such a race condition could lead to implicit directory creation with permissions 0777 (without the sticky bit), which means that any low-privileged local user can delete and rename files inside those directories.
Severity
3.9 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:R
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-14 17:07 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2309 records in the last 180 days details
References
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