7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-1000073
RubyGems Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

INFO

Published Date :

March 13, 2018, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-1000073 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1000073 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rubygems rubygems
1 Bundler bundler

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Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1276 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1000073 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1000073 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-22 CWE-59
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 07, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html No Types Assigned http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1b931fc03b819b9a0214be3eaca844ef534175e2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1b931fc03b819b9a0214be3eaca844ef534175e2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.2.9
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.3.6
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.4.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.0
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.55 }} -0.26%

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0.74454

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