CVE-2022-35631 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-35631

Filesystem race on temporary files

Vulnerability 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.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Issue identified and disclosed by Tim Goddard of CyberCX during a security code review

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Velociraptor
Vulnerable Versions:
0.6.5-2

Timeline

Official Publish: July 29th, 2022
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-377

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.