CVE-2023-30571 is a race condition vulnerability in Libarchive versions through 3.6.2 that can lead to directories being created with world-writable permissions (0777). This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), allows a low-privileged local attacker to delete or rename files within these implicitly created directories due to a temporary umask change during archive operations. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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