CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2015-3649
High (7.8) in open-uri-cached project open-uri-cached. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The open-uri-cached rubygem allows local users to execute arbitrary Ruby code by creating a directory under /tmp containing "openuri-" followed by a crafted UID, and putting Ruby code in said directory once a meta file is created.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- open-uri-cached_project:open-uri-cached
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-7m2w-9gw7-c3xp | RubyGems | open-uri-cached | <=1.0.0 | no fix published |
References
- http://www.benjaminfleischer.com/2013/03/20/yaml-and-security-in-ruby/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/06/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74469
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached/blob/master/lib/open-uri/cached.rb#L115
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached/blob/master/lib/open-uri/cached.rb#L25