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RUSTSEC-2021-0102

Permissions bypass in pleaser

Reported
Issued
Package
pleaser (crates.io)
Type
Vulnerability
Categories
Aliases
Details
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31154
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
CVSS Details
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Patched
  • >=0.4

Description

pleaseedit in pleaser before 0.4 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.