{"id":"GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2","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}`.","aliases":["CVE-2014-4996"],"modified":"2023-11-08T03:57:42.714161Z","published":"2022-05-14T03:48:04Z","database_specific":{"nvd_published_at":"2018-01-10T18:29:00Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-59"],"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2023-01-27T00:50:46Z"},"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"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"VladTheEnterprising","ecosystem":"RubyGems","purl":"pkg:gem/VladTheEnterprising"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.2"}]}],"versions":["0.1.4","0.1.5","0.1.6","0.1.7","0.1.8","0.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2/GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}