CVE-2017-15288: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

October 19, 2018 (updated September 16, 2021)

The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before 2.12.4 uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port, which allows local users to write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g
github.com/scala/scala/pull/6108
github.com/scala/scala/pull/6120
github.com/scala/scala/pull/6128
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15288

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