VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-0469

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability4.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-01-24
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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