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CWE-379

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

BaseIncompleteLikelihood: Low

Description

The product creates a temporary file in a directory whose permissions allow unintended actors to determine the file's existence or otherwise access that file.

On some operating systems, the fact that the temporary file exists may be apparent to any user with sufficient privileges to access that directory. Since the file is visible, the application that is using the temporary file could be known. If one has access to list the processes on the system, the attacker has gained information about what the user is doing at that time. By correlating this with the applications the user is running, an attacker could potentially discover what a user's actions are. From this, higher levels of security could be breached.

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CVEs mapped to this weakness (68)

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  • CVE-2024-36821MedJun 11, 2024
    risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.03

    Insecure permissions in Linksys Velop WiFi 5 (WHW01v1) 1.1.13.202617 allows attackers to escalate privileges from Guest to root.

  • CVE-2022-27772HigMar 30, 2022
    risk 0.44cvss 7.8epss 0.01

    spring-boot versions prior to version v2.2.11.RELEASE was vulnerable to temporary directory hijacking. This vulnerability impacted the org.springframework.boot.web.server.AbstractConfigurableWebServerFactory.createTempDir method. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products…

  • CVE-2021-39827MedSep 27, 2021
    risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.01

    Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to write an arbitrary file to the system. User interaction is required before…

  • CVE-2020-11979HigOct 1, 2020
    risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.08

    As mitigation for CVE-2020-1945 Apache Ant 1.10.8 changed the permissions of temporary files it created so that only the current user was allowed to access them. Unfortunately the fixcrlf task deleted the temporary file and created a new one without said protection, effectively…

  • CVE-2020-8831MedApr 22, 2020
    risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.01

    Apport creates a world writable lock file with root ownership in the world writable /var/lock/apport directory. If the apport/ directory does not exist (this is not uncommon as /var/lock is a tmpfs), it will create the directory, otherwise it will simply continue execution using…

  • CVE-2026-54328HigJun 23, 2026
    risk 0.40cvss 7.3epss 0.00

    Pi is a minimal terminal coding harness. From 0.74.0 until 0.78.1, Pi versions with temporary npm or git extension package installs used predictable paths under the operating system temporary directory. On Linux-based multi-user systems, a local attacker who can write to the…

  • CVE-2019-25677MedApr 5, 2026
    risk 0.40cvss 6.2epss 0.00

    WinRAR 5.61 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by placing a malformed winrar.lng language file in the installation directory. Attackers can trigger the crash by opening an archive and pressing the test button, causing…

  • CVE-2025-32802MedMay 28, 2025
    risk 0.40cvss 6.1epss 0.00

    Kea configuration and API directives can be used to overwrite arbitrary files, subject to permissions granted to Kea. Many common configurations run Kea as root, leave the API entry points unsecured by default, and/or place the control sockets in insecure paths. This issue…

  • CVE-2023-32450MedJul 27, 2023
    risk 0.40cvss 6.1epss 0.00

    Dell Power Manager, Versions 3.3 to 3.14 contains an Improper Access Control vulnerability. A low-privileged malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to perform arbitrary code execution with limited access.

  • CVE-2021-40776MedJun 15, 2022
    risk 0.40cvss 6.1epss 0.01

    Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Offline Lightroom Classic installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product…

  • CVE-2021-28633MedAug 24, 2021
    risk 0.40cvss 6.1epss 0.00

    Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application (installer) version 2.4 (and earlier) is affected by an Insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause arbitrary file overwriting in the context of the current user. Exploitation of…

  • CVE-2021-21068MedMar 12, 2021
    risk 0.40cvss 6.1epss 0.01

    Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.

  • CVE-2013-1815MedApr 10, 2013
    risk 0.40cvss 6.1epss 0.00

    A flaw was found in PackStack. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify deployed systems by changing the answer file, which is created in insecure directories such as /tmp or the current working directory. This insecure file creation could lead to unauthorized system…

  • CVE-2025-10279HigFeb 2, 2026
    risk 0.39cvss 7.0epss 0.00

    In mlflow version 2.20.3, the temporary directory used for creating Python virtual environments is assigned insecure world-writable permissions (0o777). This vulnerability allows an attacker with write access to the `/tmp` directory to exploit a race condition and overwrite…

  • CVE-2024-12911HigMar 20, 2025
    risk 0.39cvss 7.1epss 0.00

    A vulnerability in the `default_jsonalyzer` function of the `JSONalyzeQueryEngine` in the run-llama/llama_index repository allows for SQL injection via prompt injection. This can lead to arbitrary file creation and Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. The vulnerability affects the…

  • CVE-2021-39828MedSep 27, 2021
    risk 0.38cvss 5.8epss 0.01

    Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation…

  • CVE-2021-28568MedSep 8, 2021
    risk 0.38cvss 5.8epss 0.01

    Adobe Genuine Services version 7.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Insecure file permission vulnerability during installation process. A local authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve privilege escalation in the context of the current user.

  • CVE-2025-71176MedJan 22, 2026
    risk 0.37cvss 6.8epss 0.00

    pytest through 9.0.2 on UNIX relies on directories with the /tmp/pytest-of-{user} name pattern, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges.

  • CVE-2025-64896MedDec 9, 2025
    risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00

    Creative Cloud Desktop versions 6.4.0.361 and earlier are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to disrupt the application's…

  • CVE-2025-21162MedFeb 11, 2025
    risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00

    Photoshop Elements versions 2025.0 and earlier are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in…