{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including VladTheEnterprising. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4996 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2014-4996 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2014-4996 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2014-4996 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4996 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- VladTheEnterprising (RubyGems): affected all versions up to 0.2; no fix listed\n- VladTheEnterprising (RubyGems): affected all versions up to 0.2; no fix listed\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4996/index.md)","id":"CVE-2014-4996","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4996/index.md","name":"CVE-2014-4996","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Ruby gem","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can write to arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary MySQL config files in the VladTheEnterprising Ruby gem.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"vladtheenterprising","vendor":"vladtheenterprising_project"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"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}.","ecosystems":["RubyGems"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"VladTheEnterprising allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack","id":"CVE-2014-4996","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2014"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"point-cli allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process","id":"CVE-2014-4997"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":["0.2"],"package":"VladTheEnterprising","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2"},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":["0.2"],"package":"VladTheEnterprising","purl":"pkg:gem/VladTheEnterprising","source":"GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2"}],"prev":{"headline":"VladTheEnterprising allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading MySQL root password from temporary file","id":"CVE-2014-4995"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2018-01-10","related":[{"cvss_score":7,"headline":"VladTheEnterprising allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading MySQL root password from temporary file","id":"CVE-2014-4995","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-01-10"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can write to arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary MySQL config files in the VladTheEnterprising Ruby gem.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4996/"}