ghsa-x4vj-279x-qwf2
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:48
Modified
2023-01-27 00:50
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
VladTheEnterprising allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack
Details

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}.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "VladTheEnterprising"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-4996"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-01-27T00:50:46Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-01-10T18:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "`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}`.",
  "id": "GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2",
  "modified": "2023-01-27T00:50:46Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:48:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4996"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94744"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200229054941/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68731"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "VladTheEnterprising allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack"
}


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