CVE-2017-8418

low
Published 2017-05-01 · Modified 2024-02-16
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
3.3

Description

RuboCop 0.48.1 and earlier does not use /tmp in safe way, allowing local users to exploit this to tamper with cache files belonging to other users.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8418

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0.49.1+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.49.1+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed0.49.1+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed0.49.1+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.49.1+dfsg-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsrubocop<>= 0.49.0>= 0.49.0
ruby RubyGemsrubocop<0.49.00.49.0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rubocop_projectrubocop{"endIncluding":"0.48.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-668

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.