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CVE-2014-4996

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

lib/vlad/dba/mysql.rb in the VladTheEnterprising gem 0.2 for Ruby allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/my.cnf.#{target_host}.

Affected products

• Vladtheenterprising Project Vladtheenterprising: 0.2.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68731
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94744
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68731
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94744

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