CVE-2007-0469

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-01-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The extract_files function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages.

Affected products

Rubyforge Rubygems: through 0.9.0; 0.8.11

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2
http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0295
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2
http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0295
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688

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