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Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVE-2017-15288

High
7.8/10

Summary

The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, 2.12.x before 2.12.4, and 2.13.0-M1 up to 2.13.0-M2 uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port, which allows local users to write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges.

  • 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