What is CVE-2017-8418?

CVE-2017-8418 is a low-severity vulnerability in Rubocop Project, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2017-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-8418?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-8418 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Rubocop Project

CVE-2017-8418

RuboCop 0.48.1 and earlier does not use /tmp in safe way, allowing local users to exploit this to tamper with cache files belonging to other users.

EPSS: 0.004 (33.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Rubocop_project Rubocop
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8418?: CVE-2017-8418 is a low-severity vulnerability in Rubocop Project, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2017-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-8418?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-8418 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.