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CVE-2018-14650

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

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.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (6)

Redhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux Server AUSRedhat — Enterprise Linux Server EUSRedhat — Enterprise Linux WorkstationSos-collector Project — Sos-collector

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