# CVE-2018-14650: It was discovered that sos-collector does not properly set the default permissions of newly created files, making all files created by the t

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-09-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- \[UNKNOWN\] sos-collector: version range not reported

## Description

It was discovered that sos-collector does not properly set the default permissions of newly created files, making all files created by the tool readable by any local user. A local attacker may use this flaw by waiting for a legit user to run sos-collector and steal the collected data in the /var/tmp directory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on \[UNKNOWN\] sos-collector, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/sosreport/sos-collector/commit/72058f9253e7ed8c7243e2ff76a16d97b03d65ed
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14650
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3663

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