DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10174
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10174
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10174.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10174
- Upstream
- Published
- 2020-03-05T16:15:11.940Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T03:03:59.235683Z
- Severity
-
- 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
init_tmp in TeeJee.FileSystem.vala in Timeshift before 20.03 unsafely reuses a preexisting temporary directory in the predictable location /tmp/timeshift. It follows symlinks in this location or uses directories owned by unprivileged users. Because Timeshift also executes scripts under this location, an attacker can attempt to win a race condition to replace scripts created by Timeshift with attacker-controlled scripts. Upon success, an attacker-controlled script is executed with full root privileges. This logic is practically always triggered when Timeshift runs regardless of the command-line arguments used.
- References
Affected packages
Debian:11 / timeshift
Package
- Name
- timeshift
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/timeshift?arch=source
Debian:12 / timeshift
Package
- Name
- timeshift
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/timeshift?arch=source
Debian:13 / timeshift
Package
- Name
- timeshift
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/timeshift?arch=source
Debian:14 / timeshift
Package
- Name
- timeshift
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/timeshift?arch=source