Description
init_tmp in TeeJee.FileSystem.vala in Timeshift before 20.03 unsafely reuses a preexisting temporary directory in the predictable location /tmp/timeshift. It follows symlinks in this location or uses directories owned by unprivileged users. Because Timeshift also executes scripts under this location, an attacker can attempt to win a race condition to replace scripts created by Timeshift with attacker-controlled scripts. Upon success, an attacker-controlled script is executed with full root privileges. This logic is practically always triggered when Timeshift runs regardless of the command-line arguments used.
Published: 2020-03-05
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-2637 init_tmp in TeeJee.FileSystem.vala in Timeshift before 20.03 unsafely reuses a preexisting temporary directory in the predictable location /tmp/timeshift. It follows symlinks in this location or uses directories owned by unprivileged users. Because Timeshift also executes scripts under this location, an attacker can attempt to win a race condition to replace scripts created by Timeshift with attacker-controlled scripts. Upon success, an attacker-controlled script is executed with full root privileges. This logic is practically always triggered when Timeshift runs regardless of the command-line arguments used.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4312-1 Timeshift vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Timeshift Project Timeshift
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:50:57.827Z

Reserved: 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-10174

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-05T16:15:11.940

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:54:54.730

Link: CVE-2020-10174

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