CVE-2012-5380

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in Ruby 1.9.3-p194, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, … (CVE-2012-5380)

mediumEPSS 1%

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in Ruby 1.9.3-p194, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\Ruby193\bin directory, which may be added to the PATH system environment variable by an administrator, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse wlbsctrl.dll file used by the "IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules" system service in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 Release Preview. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because the unsafe PATH is established only by a separate administrative action that is not a default part of the Ruby installation

Source: CVELISTV5NVD

Metrics

Severity
medium
no public PoC known
6.7
Source: nvd-v3
60.6 %
High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
1.0 %
Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
Published
2012-10-11 10:00 UTC

Affected products

Products and version ranges extracted from the vendor/CERT advisory. A range like „<4.14.6“ implies the update recommendation „upgrade to 4.14.6 or later“.

  • ruby-lang

    ruby

References & sources

IDCVE-2012-5380