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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-23558

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, TelemetryService uses fixed paths in /tmp. For example, a local attacker can create /tmp/.sentry-native-etserver with mode 0777 before the etserver process is started. The attacker can choose to read sensitive information from that file, or modify the information in that file.

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4 Nov 2026, 20:15 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2023-23558

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Feb 2023, 00:00 UTC

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, TelemetryService uses fixed paths in /tmp. For example, a local attacker can create /tmp/.sentry-native-etserver with mode 0777 before the etserver process is started. The attacker can choose to read sensitive information from that file, or modify the information in that file.

osv:CVE-2023-23558
Complete source record
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