CVE-2014-4996 – vladtheenterprising

Package

Manager: gem
Name: vladtheenterprising
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <=0.2

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: 0.00059 pctl0.18612

Details

VladTheEnterprising allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack `lib/vlad/dba/mysql.rb` in the VladTheEnterprising gem 0.2 for Ruby allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on `/tmp/my.cnf.#{target_host}`.

Metadata

Created: 2022-05-14T03:48:04Z
Modified: 2023-01-27T00:50:46Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2/GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-59"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2
Finding: F076
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