Medium severity · published Sep 27, 2018
CVE-2018-14650
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
5.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
SO
Sos-collector · Sos-collector Project
1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14650
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14650
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3663
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14650
Exploit
https://github.com/sosreport/sos-collector/commit/72058f9253e7ed8c7243e2ff76a16d97b03d65ed
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