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CVE-2016-8605

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 2.79%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2016-8605
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
2.79%

Original NVD Description

The mkdir procedure of GNU Guile temporarily changed the process' umask to zero. During that time window, in a multithreaded application, other threads could end up creating files with insecure permissions. For example, mkdir without the optional mode argument would create directories as 0777. This is fixed in Guile 2.0.13. Prior versions are affected.