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CVE-2018-14650

sos-collector: incorrect permissions set on newly created files

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 27, 2018

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

It was discovered that sos-collector does not properly set the default permissions of newly created files, making all files created by the tool readable by any local user. A local attacker may use this flaw by waiting for a legit user to run sos-collector and steal the collected data in the /var/tmp directory.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions