CVE-2020-10174

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 20.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-03-05 15:28Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-03-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

dda32da46b652975f277b15c01ee00605d8a28c441ac3bb4cfaf82a90bb37b59

• bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165802x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/commit/335b3d5398079278b8f7094c77bfd148b315b462x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/releases/tag/v20.03x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200306 CVE-2020-10174: timeshift: arbitrary local code execution due to unsafe usage of temporary directory in /tmp/timeshifthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/06/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-c18248f61ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TXXYQFSZ5P6ZMNFIDBAQKBFZIR2T7ZLL/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-6b3ae09449https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SXDEPC52G46U6I7GLQNFLZXVSM7V2HYY/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-1050d60507https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAOFXT64CEUMJE3723JDJWTEQWQUCYMD/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4312-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4312-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU