CVE-2018-3779 (GCVE-0-2018-3779)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-10 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 04:50
VLAI
Summary
active-support ruby gem 5.2.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by containing a malicious backdoor. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-77 - Command Injection - Generic (CWE-77)
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/392311 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HackerOne active-support ruby gem Affected: 5.2.0
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Date Public
2018-08-09 00:00
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