RubyGems: Specially-crafted Gem archive can overwrite system files
Published Jan 24, 2007
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.82%
Description
The extract_files function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.82% (0.04822) | 91.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.79% (0.04786) | 90.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 12, 2026 | 6.59% (0.06589) | 91.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 1.76% (0.01764) | 81.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 4.44% (0.04443) | 88.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.06% (0.03055) | 85.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.84% (0.10839) | 88.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.06% (0.03055) | 85.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.00% (0.01999) | 89.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | 1.63% (0.01627) | 87.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 27, 2023 | 1.63% (0.01632) | 86.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 20, 2023 | 1.86% (0.01859) | 87.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 4.52% (0.04519) | 91.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 4.37% (0.04366) | 91.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2023 | 4.93% (0.04932) | 91.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.02% (0.05016) | 91.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 88.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 74.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0295 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0469 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513048 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0469
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070210090150/http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?group_id=126&release_id=9074
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201207172116/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0469
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