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CVE-2017-15288

The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before 2.12.4 uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${US…

Impact

The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before 2.12.4 uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port, which allows local users to write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Scala-LangScala
before 2.10.7
from 2.11.0 before 2.11.12
from 2.12.0 before 2.12.4

Weakness classification

References