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Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVE-2017-1000485

High
7.8/10

Summary

Nylas Mail Lives 2.2.2 uses 0755 permissions for $HOME/.nylas-mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive authentication information via standard filesystem operations.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published