CVE-2020-8908 (Low) detected in guava-24.3.jar

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CVE-2020-8908 - Low Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - guava-24.3.jar

Android tools

Library home page: http://developer.android.com/tools/index.html

Path to dependency file: /gdocx/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.m2/repository/com/google/guava/guava/17.0/guava-17.0.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• docx4j-3.2.0.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ guava-24.3.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

A temp directory creation vulnerability exists in all versions of Guava, allowing an attacker with access to the machine to potentially access data in a temporary directory created by the Guava API com.google.common.io.Files.createTempDir(). By default, on unix-like systems, the created directory is world-readable (readable by an attacker with access to the system). The method in question has been marked @deprecated in versions 30.0 and later and should not be used. For Android developers, we recommend choosing a temporary directory API provided by Android, such as context.getCacheDir(). For other Java developers, we recommend migrating to the Java 7 API java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory() which explicitly configures permissions of 700, or configuring the Java runtime's java.io.tmpdir system property to point to a location whose permissions are appropriately configured.

Publish Date: 2020-12-10

URL: CVE-2020-8908

CVSS 3 Score Details (3.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8908

Release Date: 2020-12-10

Fix Resolution: v30.0

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