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Improper Preservation of Permissions

CVE-2019-20843

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.18.0, 5.17.2, 5.16.4, 5.15.4, and 5.9.7. There are weak permissions for configuration files.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-281 - Improper Preservation of Permissions

The software does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published