Insecure Inherited Permissions in desktop - CVE-2024-46958

 

Insecure Inherited Permissions in desktop - CVE-2024-46958

Published: November 19, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU100602
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-46958
CWE-ID: CWE-277
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the desktop client creates folders with world-readable and world-writable permissions on Linux, privilege escalation.


Affected software

desktop

How to mitigate CVE-2024-46958

Install updates from vendor's website.

desktop - update to 3.13.4

External References

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