CVE-2022-35631: Filesystem race on temporary files

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-377

Description

On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing this predictable file name with a symlink to another file and have the Velociraptor client overwrite the other file. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0.6.5-2.

Affected products

Rapid7 Velociraptor: before 0.6.5-2 — fixed in 0.6.5-2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rapid7 Velociraptor 0.6.5-2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/07/26/cve-2022-35629-35632-velociraptor-multiple-vulnerabilities-fixed/
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/07/26/cve-2022-35629-35632-velociraptor-multiple-vulnerabilities-fixed/

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