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Permissions bypass in pleaser

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 25, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2023

Package

cargo pleaser (Rust)

Affected versions

< 0.4.0

Patched versions

0.4.0

Description

pleaseedit in pleaser before 0.4.0 uses predictable temporary filenames in /tmp and the target directory. This allows a local attacker to gain full root privileges by staging a symlink attack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 27, 2021
Reviewed Jun 1, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 25, 2021
Last updated Apr 3, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-31154

GHSA ID

GHSA-pp74-39w2-v4w9

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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