CVE-2012-5380

Published Oct 11, 2012

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in Ruby 1.9.3-p194, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\Ruby193\bin directory, which may be added to the PATH system environment variable by an administrator, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse wlbsctrl.dll file used by the "IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules" system service in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 Release Preview. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because the unsafe PATH is established only by a separate administrative action that is not a default part of the Ruby installation
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified
CNA Tags
disputed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.7
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
0.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
1.5
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-22

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Evaluator

Comment
Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path'
Impact
-
Solution
-

Configurations