CVE-2021-22572 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

On unix-like systems, the system temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. The root cause is File.createTempFile creates files in the the system temporary directory with world readable permissions. Any sensitive information written to theses files is visible to all other local users on unix-like systems. We recommend upgrading past commit https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/969

Published: 2022-03-29

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google LLC

Data-Transfer-Project

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 0.3.57

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:data_transfer_project:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00013.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-22c6-wcjm-qfjg
https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/969

History

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Subscriptions

Google Data Transfer Project

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google

Published: 2022-03-29T15:05:19.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-21T13:54:59.936Z

Reserved: 2021-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-22572

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-29T15:15:08.040

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:50:21.173

Link: CVE-2021-22572

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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