CVE-2021-21331CWE-378CWE-379

DataDog API Client contains a Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Low · published March 3, 2021

CVSS v3.1
3.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Java client for the Datadog API before version 1.0.0-beta.9 has a local information disclosure of sensitive information downloaded via the API using the API Client. The Datadog API is executed on a unix-like system with multiple users. The API is used to download a file containing sensitive information. This sensitive information is exposed locally to other users. This vulnerability exists in the API Client for version 1 and 2. The method `prepareDownloadFilecreates` creates a temporary file with the permissions bits of `-rw-r--r--` on unix-like systems. On unix-like systems, the system temporary directory is shared between users. As such, the contents of the file downloaded via the `downloadFileFromResponse` method will be visible to all other users on the local system. Analysis of the finding determined that the affected code was unused, meaning that the exploitation likelihood is low. The unused code has been removed, effectively mitigating this issue. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.0-beta.9. As a workaround one may specify `java.io.tmpdir` when starting the JVM with the flag `-Djava.io.tmpdir`, specifying a path to a directory with `drw-------` permissions owned by `dd-agent`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.0 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00625 · 49.3th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-378 · Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions; CWE-379 · Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
Published
2021-03-03T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 MAR 23:00Z
    DataDog API Client contains a Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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