CVE-2009-3611
common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- le-web/backintime · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=543785Mailing List
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289047Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/backintime/backintime_0.9.26-3.diff.gzBroken Link, Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125553645511436&w=2Mailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125554894700336&w=2Mailing List
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backintime/+bug/434256Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520210Issue Tracking
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00821.htmlMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00823.htmlMailing List
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=543785Mailing List
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289047Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/backintime/backintime_0.9.26-3.diff.gzBroken Link, Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125553645511436&w=2Mailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125554894700336&w=2Mailing List
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backintime/+bug/434256Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520210Issue Tracking
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00821.htmlMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00823.htmlMailing List
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.