Medium severity · published Oct 12, 2020
CVE-2020-15250
Information disclosure in JUnit4
5.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In JUnit4 from version 4.7 and before 4.13.1, the test rule TemporaryFolder contains a local information disclosure vulnerability. On Unix like systems, the system's temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. Because of this, when files and directories are written into this directory they are, by default, readable by other users on that same system. This vulnerability does not allow other users to overwrite the contents of these directories or files. This is purely an information disclosure vulnerability. This vulnerability impacts you if the JUnit tests write sensitive information, like API keys or passwords, into the temporary folder, and the JUnit tests execute in an environment where the OS has other untrusted users. Because certain JDK file system APIs were only added in JDK 1.7, this this fix is dependent upon the version of the JDK you are using. For Java 1.7 and higher users: this vulnerability is fixed in 4.13.1. For Java 1.6 and lower users: no patch is available, you must use the workaround below. If you are unable to patch, or are stuck running on Java 1.6, specifying the `java.io.tmpdir` system environment variable to a directory that is exclusively owned by the executing user will fix this vulnerability. For more information, including an example of vulnerable code, see the referenced GitHub Security Advisory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JU
junit4 · junit-team
< 4.13.1 · source: vendor, NVD
CC
Communications Cloud Native Core Policy · Oracle
1.14.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
PL
Pluto · Apache
before 3.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15250
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15250
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/junit-team/junit4/security/advisories/GHSA-269g-pwp5-87pp
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/junit-team/junit4/commit/610155b8c22138329f0723eec22521627dbc52ae
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/junit-team/junit4/blob/7852b90cfe1cea1e0cdaa19d490c83f0d8684b50/doc/ReleaseNotes4.13.1.md
x_refsource_MISC
https://junit.org/junit4/javadoc/4.13/org/junit/rules/TemporaryFolder.html
mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f8841507576f595bb783ccec6a7cb285ea90d4e6f5043eae0e61a41%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbaec90e699bc7c7bd9a053f76707a36fda48b6d558f31dc79147dbf9%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
