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CVE-2020-11867

LOW
3.3
CVSS Score
Published: November 30, 2020 at 09:21 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:50 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraAudacity

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Severity
LOW3.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

Audacity through 2.3.3 saves temporary files to /var/tmp/audacity-$USER by default. After Audacity creates the temporary directory, it sets its permissions to 755. Any user on the system can read and play the temporary audio .au files located there.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MG5PSF4CJ7UPMJHWX553EG3P2XN3PAYI/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WKK3S2QBXBHOFOQMXMGY5QAKVUWUX2YY/
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://salvatoresecurity.com/the-many-perils-of-tmp/

CVSS

3.3LOW[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-276

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