CVE-2019-18409

Published Oct 24, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The ruby_parser-legacy (aka legacy) gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local privilege escalation because of world-writable files. For example, if the brakeman gem (which has a legacy dependency) 4.5.0 through 4.7.0 is used, a local user can insert malicious code into the ruby_parser-legacy-1.0.0/lib/ruby_parser/legacy/ruby_parser.rb file.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-0704 The ruby_parser-legacy (aka legacy) gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local privilege escalation because of world-writable files. For example, if the brakeman gem (which has a legacy dependency) 4.5.0 through 4.7.0 is used, a local user can insert malicious code into the ruby_parser-legacy-1.0.0/lib/ruby_parser/legacy/ruby_parser.rb file.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hhwc-8g49-j8jx Ruby_parser-legacy Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 1:54 AM
Reserved
Oct 24, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 24, 2019, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:24 AM