CVE-2018-14650

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductSos-collector
PublishedSep 27, 2018
First seenSep 27, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-732CWE-732

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
sos-collector_project sos-collector1.4—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus7.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus7.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation7.0—

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