CVE-2020-8908

3.3 LOW
Published: December 10, 2020 Modified: February 23, 2026
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Description

A temp directory creation vulnerability exists in all versions of Guava, allowing an attacker with access to the machine to potentially access data in a temporary directory created by the Guava API com.google.common.io.Files.createTempDir(). By default, on unix-like systems, the created directory is world-readable (readable by an attacker with access to the system). The method in question has been marked @Deprecated in versions 30.0 and later and should not be used. For Android developers, we recommend choosing a temporary directory API provided by Android, such as context.getCacheDir(). For other Java developers, we recommend migrating to the Java 7 API java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory() which explicitly configures permissions of 700, or configuring the Java runtime's java.io.tmpdir system property to point to a location whose permissions are appropriately configured.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/google/guava/commit/fec0dbc4634006a6162cfd4d0d09c962073ddf40
Source: cve-coordination@google.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/google/guava/issues/4011
Source: cve-coordination@google.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220210-0003/
Source: cve-coordination@google.com
Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMGOOGLEGUAVA-1015415
Source: cve-coordination@google.com
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Source: cve-coordination@google.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Source: cve-coordination@google.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Source: cve-coordination@google.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Source: cve-coordination@google.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Source: cve-coordination@google.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/google/guava/commit/fec0dbc4634006a6162cfd4d0d09c962073ddf40
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/google/guava/issues/4011
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220210-0003/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMGOOGLEGUAVA-1015415
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory

86 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
3.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
22th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

netapp google oracle quarkus