VDB
CVE-2007-0469
CVE-2007-0469
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
The extract_files function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages.
EPSS 4.86% · 92.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
9.300000190734863
EPSS Score
4.86%
92.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | rubygems-update | 0 |
| n/a | n/a | * |
| rubyforge | rubygems | 0, 0.8.11 |
Timeline
- Jan 24, 2007 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 27, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 3, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems package
- rubygems-extractfiles-file-overwrite(31688) vdb
- ADV-2007-0295 vdb
- http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074 url
- SUSE-SR:2007:004 vendor-advisory
- 20070121 RubyGems 0.9.0 and earlier installation exploit mailing-list
- 20070121 RubyGems 0.9.0 and earlier installation exploit mailing-list
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0469 advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070210090150/http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?group_id=126&release_id=9074 url
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201207172116/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded url