CVE-2017-15131 in FreeDesktop and Red Hat Products
Published on January 9, 2018
It was found that system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories, since Xsession sources xdg-user-dirs.sh before setting umask policy. This only affects xdg-user-dirs before 0.15.5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Weakness Type
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2017-15131 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2017-15131
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Affected Versions
Red Hat, Inc. RHEL shipped xdg-user-dirs and gnome-session Version before 0.15-5 is affected by CVE-2017-15131Exploit Probability
EPSS
0.13%
Percentile
32.24%
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.