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High
CVE-2017-15288
The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12,...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6128
- https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6120
- https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6108
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-08
- http://scala-lang.org/news/security-update-nov17.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r628ea3ea2fed4d9c1c5232a0b1ed108a15abc9fd2f0aaca1e8cc9164%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r33665e9213cc6df1e48c3d99d1b0c7a3203e9bd0ef4fc4ba838bcb04%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re72f4d04dfc398aae0e38dbfeccf44780df2782623a610cbfcec6f3a%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r18a05115cfa078c0f4e5c1ea2e8d64804f63e0095aa2174a3afecc0f%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r10dd8e5b3bbe3bb531aa4a65472ce56f91efbb77ea9fe04bb8272e2c%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3f10022ec972c8df29a950d1a591c16562eeddd9194d3010e46b9b76%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5a1418a4f5101f5af3fc14bf358c54f2c7200e6a3701de2e2f581e1b%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf57e4d7211b30e51803911304f3b7b54393f7a4bd60bb0784c31eec1%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r32e0b1d5ff43ac3ed4b179a4e663022d1c5ccac77884a99ea149e633%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d51eae81ceb7bfd1780936a48b460ab31d53ff2ed526a88a7f60fe4%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
Affected Vendor
scala-lang
View all reports →Affected Software
scala
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.11.0, 2.12.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 15th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.