CVE-2016-2336
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-06 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:24
Severity ?
Summary
Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface. Attacker passing different type of object than this assumed by developers can cause arbitrary code execution.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0029/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0029/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
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