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CVE-2024-52522 Detail

Description

Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Insecure handling of symlinks with --links and --metadata in rclone while copying to local disk allows unprivileged users to indirectly modify ownership and permissions on symlink target files when a superuser or privileged process performs a copy. This vulnerability could enable privilege escalation and unauthorized access to critical system files, compromising system integrity, confidentiality, and availability. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.68.2.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 5.4 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/01ccf204f42b4f68541b16843292439090a2dcf0
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-hrxh-9w67-g4cv

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-52522
NVD Published Date:
11/15/2024
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.