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.
Published: 2018-09-27
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-6548 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.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00046}

epss

{'score': 0.00045}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Eus Enterprise Linux Workstation
Sos-collector Project Sos-collector
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:38:12.593Z

Reserved: 2018-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14650

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-27T20:29:00.260

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:30.533

Link: CVE-2018-14650

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14650 - Bugzilla

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