CVE-2023-30571

LOW

libarchive < 3.6.2 - Race Condition Leading to World-Writable Directory Permissions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Libarchive through 3.6.2 can cause directories to have world-writable permissions. The umask() call inside archive_write_disk_posix.c changes the umask of the whole process for a very short period of time; a race condition with another thread can lead to a permanent umask 0 setting. Such a race condition could lead to implicit directory creation with permissions 0777 (without the sticky bit), which means that any low-privileged local user can delete and rename files inside those directories.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 3.9
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 9.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (1)
libarchive/libarchive < 3.6.2
Published May 29, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026