What is CVE-2014-4994?

CVE-2014-4994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gyazo Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2014-4994?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Gyazo Project

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 file, related to time-based filenames.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gyazo_project Gyazo — versions 1.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-4994?: CVE-2014-4994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gyazo Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2014-4994?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.