GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2 VladTheEnterprising allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-14 Modified 2023-01-27 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2014-4996
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
VladTheEnterprising
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59
Reviewed
2023-01-27

Affected packages

• RubyGems VladTheEnterprising: <= 0.2 (no fix yet)

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}`.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2014-4996 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… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References