Modernize and secure temp file creation

[pixeebot]

This change replaces the usage of java.io.File#createTempFile with java.nio.file.Files#createTempFile which has more secure attributes.

The java.io.File#createTempFile() method creates a file that is world-readable and world-writeable, which is almost never necessary. Also, the file created is placed in a predictable directory (e.g., /tmp). Having predictable file names, locations, and will lead to many types of vulnerabilities. History has shown that this insecure pattern can lead to information leakage, privilege escalation and even code execution.

Our changes look something like this:

+  import java.nio.file.Files;
   ...
-  File txtFile = File.createTempFile("acme", ".txt");
+  File txtFile = Files.createTempFile("acme", ".txt").toFile();

More reading

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/378.html
• https://docs.fluidattacks.com/criteria/vulnerabilities/160/
• create temporary file in directory with secure permissions  apache/druid#11130
• https://owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/Insecure_Temporary_File
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41954
• https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/cwe-378/vulnerabilities.html

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Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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