CVE-2018-6914
Ruby tmpdir Directory Traversal
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library in Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 might allow attackers to create arbitrary directories or files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefix argument.
INFO
Published Date :
April 3, 2018, 10:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 21, 2019, 12:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-6914 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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CVE-2018-6914 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
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] -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Apr. 22, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 08, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
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]
Oct. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 [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]
Jul. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 10, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/ No Types Assigned https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/ Patch, Release Notes Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/ No Types Assigned https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/ Patch, Release Notes Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/ No Types Assigned https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/ Patch, Release Notes Changed Reference Type https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/ No Types Assigned https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/ Patch, Release Notes Changed Reference Type https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/ No Types Assigned https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/ Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-22 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.2.0 up to (excluding) 2.2.10 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.3.0 up to (excluding) 2.3.7 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (excluding) 2.4.4 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.5.0 up to (excluding) 2.5.1 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.6.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 25, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 18, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-6914 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-6914
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.22 }} 0.00%
score
0.60894
percentile