CVE-2007-5379
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 None
Description
Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers and ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files via the Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) method, which uses XmlSimple (XML::Simple) unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords from the Pidgin (Gaim) .purple/accounts.xml file.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2007-5379
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2007-10-19T23:17:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2012-10-31T02:44:56
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:david_hansson:ruby_on_rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.2.3 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5379 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5379 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 10:49:15 | Added to TrackCVE |