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vigil@nce : mktemp, no randomness in directories names

August 2008 by Vigil@nce

SYNTHESIS

An attacker can guess directories names created by mktemp, and
thus gain access to temporary files.

Gravity: 2/4

Consequences: data reading, data creation/edition

Provenance: LAN

Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack

Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)

Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)

Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)

Creation date: 18/08/2008

Identifier: VIGILANCE-VUL-8034

IMPACTED PRODUCTS

 Debian Linux [confidential versions]
 Unix - plateform

DESCRIPTION

The "mktemp" tool is used to create temporary files from shell
scripts.

Several versions of "mktemp" do not generate random file names,
sometimes the name of the directory equals to the processus id, or
simply equals to this number + 1.

An attacker can therefore guess file names created by mktemp, and
thus gain access to temporary files.

CHARACTERISTICS

Identifiers: 495193, BID-30701, VIGILANCE-VUL-8034

https://vigilance.aql.fr/tree/1/8034


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