Vulnerability · Published Jul 29, 2022 · Assigned by rapid7

CVE-2022-35631Filesystem race on temporary files

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Velociraptor from Rapid7. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing this predictable file name with a symlink to another file and have the Velociraptor client overwrite the other file. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0.6.5-2.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Rapid7 Velociraptor 0.6.5-2 – before 0.6.5-2

Weakness: CWE-377

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