What is CVE-2012-5380?

CVE-2012-5380 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ruby-lang Ruby, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2012-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2012-5380?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Ruby-lang Ruby

CVE-2012-5380

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in Ruby 1.9.3-p194, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\Ruby193\bin directory, whi…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.004 (59.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ruby-lang Ruby — versions 1.9.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5380?: CVE-2012-5380 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ruby-lang Ruby, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2012-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2012-5380?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.