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Insecure Temporary File in SWHKD

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 31, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

cargo Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon (Rust)

Affected versions

< 1.2.0

Patched versions

1.2.0

Description

SWHKD is a display protocol-independent hotkey daemon made in Rust. In SWHKD versions 1.1.5 and prior, SWHKD uses the /tmp/swhkd.pid pathname. As /tmp is accessible to all users, there can be an information leak or denial of service. No known workarounds exist. A patch is available on the 1.1.0 branch of the repository.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 30, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 31, 2022
Reviewed Apr 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.060%
(27th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-27815

GHSA ID

GHSA-p4jg-pccf-h82c

Source code

Credits

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