VladTheEnterprising allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack

MEDIO 5.5CVE-2014-4996 · GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2 · Published 10/01/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In breve

CVE-2014-4996 è una vulnerabilità MEDIO (CVSS 5.5) che riguarda VladTheEnterprising, vladtheenterprising (vladtheenterprising project).
Probabilità di sfruttamento nei prossimi 30 giorni (EPSS): 0.43%, superiore al 37.5% delle vulnerabilità.
Nessuna versione corretta ancora nota: segui l'avviso del produttore nei riferimenti.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
VladTheEnterprising RubyGems	`≤ 0.2`	No fix yet
vladtheenterprising vladtheenterprising_project	`= 0.2.0`	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}.

NVD 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}.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4996 · ADVISORY
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94744 · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20200229054941/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68731 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 · WEB
vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html · WEB
securityfocus.com/bid/68731 · Third Party Advisory

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In breve

CVE-2014-4996 è una vulnerabilità MEDIO (CVSS 5.5) che riguarda VladTheEnterprising, vladtheenterprising (vladtheenterprising project).

Probabilità di sfruttamento nei prossimi 30 giorni (EPSS): 0.43%, superiore al 37.5% delle vulnerabilità.

Nessuna versione corretta ancora nota: segui l'avviso del produttore nei riferimenti.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

VladTheEnterprising

RubyGems

≤ 0.2

No fix yet

vladtheenterprising

vladtheenterprising_project

= 0.2.0

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}.

NVD 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}.