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CVE-2014-4994
lib/gyazo/client.rb in the gyazo gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.48%
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- mitre
Description
lib/gyazo/client.rb in the gyazo gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, related to time-based filenames.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 59% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsgyazoGHSA-6x45-86q6-rcmr (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- [oss-security] 20140717 Re: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem codders-dataset-1.3.2.1 (etc.) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140707 Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem gyazo-1.0.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/gyazo-1.0.0.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6x45-86q6-rcmr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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