CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-43701

Incorrect Default Permissions

Published: Jul 27, 2023 | Modified: Feb 13, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

When the installation directory does not have sufficiently restrictive file permissions, an attacker can modify files in the installation directory to cause execution of malicious code.

Weakness

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Arm_compiler Arm 5.00 (including) 5.06 (including)
Arm_compiler Arm 6.00 (including) 6.20 (excluding)
Arm_compiler_for_embedded_fusa Arm 6.16 (including) 6.16 (including)
Arm_compiler_for_functional_safety Arm 6.6 (including) 6.6 (including)
Arm_development_studio Arm * *
Arm_mobile_studio Arm * *
Ds_development_studio Arm 5.0.0 (including) 5.29.3 (including)
Fast_models Arm * *
Gnu_toolchain Arm * *
Keil_mdk Arm * *
Linaro_forge Arm * 22.1 (excluding)
Mbed_studio Arm * *

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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