FKIE_CVE-2019-15716

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-08-28 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:20
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
WTF before 0.19.0 does not set the permissions of config.yml, which might make it easier for local attackers to read passwords or API keys if the permissions were misconfigured or were based on unsafe OS defaults.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/blob/67658e172c9470e93e4122d6e2c90d01db12b0ac/cfg/config_files.go#L71-L72Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/issues/517Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/blob/67658e172c9470e93e4122d6e2c90d01db12b0ac/cfg/config_files.go#L71-L72Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/issues/517Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wtfutil wtf *
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    },
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  "id": "CVE-2019-15716",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:20:55.960",
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