CVE-2020-10174 describes a race condition vulnerability in Timeshift versions prior to 20.03, affecting various Canonical and Fedora distributions. The flaw stems from Timeshift unsafely reusing a predictable temporary directory, allowing an attacker to replace legitimate scripts with their own, which are then executed with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, high attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, with minimal community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:timeshift_project:timeshift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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