Insecure use of temporary file Affecting eyed3 package, versions (,0.6.18] (,7.0.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-EYED3-40036
  • published 10 Feb 2014
  • disclosed 10 Feb 2014
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade to version 7.0.3 or greater.

Overview

eyeD3 is a Python audio data toolkit (ID3 and MP3)

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable due to the Insecure use of temporary files. tag.py in eyeD3 (aka python-eyed3) 7.0.3, 0.6.18, and earlier for Python allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
4.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

4.4 medium