CVE-2017-8418

LOW

Rubocop < 0.48.1 - Exposure to Wrong Actor

Title source: rule

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.

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 19.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-668
Status draft

Affected Products (2)

rubocop_project/rubocop < 0.48.1
rubygems/rubocop < 0.49.0RubyGems

Timeline

Published May 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026