gsd-2014-4995
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2014-06-30 00:00
Details
VladTheEnterprising Gem for Ruby contains a flaw as the program creates temporary files insecurely. It is possible for a local attacker to use a symlink attack against the /tmp/my.cnf.#{target_host} file they can overwrite arbitrary files, gain access to the MySQL root password, or inject arbitrary commands.
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CVE-2014-4995


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    "description": "Race condition in lib/vlad/dba/mysql.rb in the VladTheEnterprising gem 0.2 for Ruby allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the MySQL root password from a temporary file before it is removed.",
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-01-30T16:03Z",
      "publishedDate": "2018-01-10T18:29Z"
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}


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