Access Restriction Bypass Affecting screen package, versions [,4.0.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SCREEN-2319404
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed1 Apr 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Apr 2009

CVE-2009-1214  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for screen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. GNU screen 4.0.3 creates the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive session information.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1