init_tmp in TeeJee.FileSystem.vala in Timeshift before 20.03 unsafely reuses a preexisting temporary directory in the predictable location /tmp/timeshift. It follows symlinks in this location or uses directories owned by unprivileged users. Because Timeshift also executes scripts under this location, an attacker can attempt to win a race condition to replace scripts created by Timeshift with attacker-controlled scripts. Upon success, an attacker-controlled script is executed with full root privileges. This logic is practically always triggered when Timeshift runs regardless of the command-line arguments used. References: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/06/3 https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/commit/335b3d5398079278b8f7094c77bfd148b315b462 https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/releases/tag/v20.03
Created timeshift tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: epel-7 [bug 1811687] Affects: fedora-all [bug 1811685]
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