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CVE-2013-4318: /tmp file injection vulnerability

September 9, 2013

A malicious user creating /tmp/out.html first and repeatedly writing to it can inject malicious html into the file right before it is opened. PoC: nobody () sp0rk:/$ while (true); do echo “ alert(‘Hello’); ” » /tmp/out.html; done Will pop up a javascript alert in other gem users browser.

References

  • seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/571

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.3.0

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Source file

gem/features/CVE-2013-4318.yml

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