CVE-2022-35631 (GCVE-0-2022-35631)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-29 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:20
VLAI
Title
Filesystem race on temporary files
Summary
On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing this predictable file name with a symlink to another file and have the Velociraptor client overwrite the other file. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0.6.5-2.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File
Assigner
rapid7 CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 59 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Rapid7 Velociraptor Affected: 0.6.5-2 , < 0.6.5-2 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-07-26 00:00
Credits
Issue identified and disclosed by Tim Goddard of CyberCX during a security code review
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