CVE-2013-2105 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

The Show In Browser (show_in_browser) gem 0.0.3 for Ruby allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a symlink attack on /tmp/browser.html.

The Show In Browser (show_in_browser) gem 0.0.3 for Ruby allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a symlink attack on /tmp/browser.html.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-04-22 14:23:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-29 01:33:00

Affected Software

Jonathan Leung Show In Browser (show_in_browser) gem for Ruby 0.0.3

0.0.3
ruby

References

http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/show_in_browser.html

Exploit

[oss-security] 20130518 Re: Show In Browser 0.0.3 Ruby Gem /tmp file injection vulnerability

Exploit

showinbrowser-cve20132105-symlink(84378)

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