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7.2 HIGH
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
  • Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): High (H)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): High (H)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
  • Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): High (H)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): High (H)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): None (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
  • Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
  • Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
  • Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
  • Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
  • Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
  • Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
  • Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
  • Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
  • Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
  • Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)
created 2 weeks, 2 days ago Activity log
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rsync < 3.5.0 Symlink Race Condition via ACL/xattr Application

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability that allows local attackers to cause rsync to apply arbitrary ACLs or extended attributes to unintended files by substituting a symlink at a predictable destination path between the file write and the subsequent acl_set_file() or lsetxattr() call. Attackers can exploit this timing window to redirect ACL and xattr application through a crafted symlink to files outside the intended destination tree, potentially granting elevated permissions and enabling local privilege escalation.

Affected products

rsync
  • =<3.4.4
  • ==3.5.0

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.rsync

Fast incremental file transfer utility

pkgs.grsync

Synchronize folders, files and make backups

pkgs.rrsync

Helper to run rsync-only environments from ssh-logins

pkgs.rsyncy

Progress bar wrapper for rsync

pkgs.btrsync

Btrfs replication made easy

  • nixos-unstable 0.3
    • nixpkgs-unstable 0.3
    • nixos-unstable-small 0.3
  • nixos-26.05 0.3
    • nixos-26.05-small 0.3
    • nixpkgs-26.05-darwin 0.3

pkgs.parsync

Tool to parallel rsync-like pull sync over SSH

pkgs.librsync

Implementation of the rsync remote-delta algorithm

pkgs.diskrsync

Rsync for block devices and disk images

pkgs.lazyrsync

Terminal UI for rsync with profiles, dry-run preview and live progress

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixos-unstable-small 0.2.0

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