CVE Published: 19/03/2024 |
CVE Updated: 05/11/2024 |
CVE Year: 2023 Source: PSF |
Vendor: Python Software Foundation |
Product: CPython Status : PUBLISHED
CVE-2023-6597 Description
An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.
The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 7.8 HIGH Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
l➤ Exploitability Metrics: Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH Privileges Required (PR)* NONE User Interaction (UI)* NONE Scope (S)* CHANGED
l➤ Impact Metrics: Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH Availability Impact (A)* NONE
Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
CWE-ID: CWE Name: Source: Python Software Foundation
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)