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Incorrect Default Permissions in Apache Commons FileUpload

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 5, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 1.0, < 1.2.2

Patched versions

1.2.2

Description

The default configuration of javax.servlet.context.tempdir in Apache Commons FileUpload 1.0 through 1.2.2 uses the /tmp directory for uploaded files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via an unspecified symlink attack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 15, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 5, 2022
Reviewed Jul 8, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-0248

GHSA ID

GHSA-vm69-474v-7q2w

Source code

No known source code
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