CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4996
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
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}.
Affected configurations
• vladtheenterprising project vladtheenterprising 0.2.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68731 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94744 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68731 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94744 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry