CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
14.2%
init_tmp in TeeJee.FileSystem.vala in Timeshift before 20.03 unsafely reuses a preexisting temporary directory in the predictable location /tmp/timeshift. It follows symlinks in this location or uses directories owned by unprivileged users. Because Timeshift also executes scripts under this location, an attacker can attempt to win a race condition to replace scripts created by Timeshift with attacker-controlled scripts. Upon success, an attacker-controlled script is executed with full root privileges. This logic is practically always triggered when Timeshift runs regardless of the command-line arguments used.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
timeshift_project | timeshift | * | cpe:2.3:a:timeshift_project:timeshift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
fedoraproject | fedora | 30 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
fedoraproject | fedora | 31 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
fedoraproject | fedora | 32 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 19.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/06/3
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165802
github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/commit/335b3d5398079278b8f7094c77bfd148b315b462
github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/releases/tag/v20.03
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAOFXT64CEUMJE3723JDJWTEQWQUCYMD/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SXDEPC52G46U6I7GLQNFLZXVSM7V2HYY/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TXXYQFSZ5P6ZMNFIDBAQKBFZIR2T7ZLL/
usn.ubuntu.com/4312-1/
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
14.2%