Is CVE-2021-22572 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-22572 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-22572?

CVE-2021-22572 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-22572?

CVE-2021-22572 has an EPSS score of 0.13% (3th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22572?

Upgrade data transfer project to 0.3.57 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-22572

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

On unix-like systems, the system temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. The root cause is File.createTempFile creates files in the the system temporary directory with world readable permissions. Any sensitive information written to theses files is visible to all other local users on unix-like systems. We recommend upgrading past commit https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/969

CWE-377 CWE-668

How to fix

Remediation Available

data transfer projectNVD

Affected:< 0.3.57Fixed in:0.3.57CVE-2021-22572derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

3rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 3% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.