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CVE-2017-8418

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Date: May 2, 2017

RuboCop 0.48.1 and earlier does not use /tmp in safe way, allowing local users to exploit this to tamper with cache files belonging to other users.

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

3.3

Related Resources (7)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/14

Url: https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop/issues/4336

Url: https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/commit/dcb258fabd5f2624c1ea0e1634763094590c09d7

Url: https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubocop/CVE-2017-8418.yml

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8418

Url: https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-8418

Severity Score

3.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

CWE-668

Security Features

CWE-254

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v0.49.0

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.3
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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