CVE-2022-45301

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Published Nov 29, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Insecure permissions in Chocolatey Ruby package v3.1.2.1 and below grants all users in the Authenticated Users group write privileges for the path C:\tools\ruby31 and all files located in that folder.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chocolatey:chocolatey_ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-48200	Insecure permissions in Chocolatey Ruby package v3.1.2.1 and below grants all users in the Authenticated Users group write privileges for the path C:\tools\ruby31 and all files located in that folder.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.390% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ycdxsb/Vuln/blob/main/ruby-weak-permission-vuln/ruby-weak-permission-vuln.md

History

Apr 25, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Chocolatey Chocolatey Ruby

Weaknesses

CWE-732

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 25, 2025, 2:46 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 29, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 25, 2025, 2:46 PM
Reserved: Nov 14, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 2:09 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 2:09 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:09 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 29, 2022, 2:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:09 AM

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