Privilege escalation in Scala - CVE-2017-15288
Published: December 15, 2018 / Updated: December 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16559
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15288
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Scala
Affected software:
Scala
Scala
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the compilation daemon uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port. A local attacker can write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15288
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 2.10.7, 2.11.12, 2.12.4.