CVE-2014-5003 – ciborg

Package

Manager: gem
Name: ciborg
Vulnerable Version: =3.0.0

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00052 pctl0.16

Details

Ciborg gem for Ruby allows local users to write files and gain privileges via Symlink There is a /tmp file race condition in `chef/travis-cookbooks/ci_environment/perlbrew/recipes/default.rb` in the ciborg gem 3.0.0 when creating `/tmp/perlbrew-installer`. If a malicious local user creates the file first they can overwrite the contents with their own code executing it as the ciborg process owner.

Metadata

Created: 2018-07-23T19:50:15Z
Modified: 2023-07-05T17:57:47Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/07/GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw/GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-20"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw
Finding: F184
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