Arc Temporary File Vulnerability Allows Root Privilege Execution

CVE-2023-5936
7.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Nozomi Networks
Status
Arc
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 May 2024

Summary

On Unix systems (Linux, MacOS), Arc uses a temporary file with unsafe privileges. By tampering with such file, a malicious local user in the system may be able to trigger arbitrary code execution with root privileges.

Affected Version(s)

Arc < 1.6.0

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

This issue was found by Diego Giubertoni of Nozomi Networks Security Research team during an internal penetration testing session.
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