CVE-2007-0469

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.049 · 92 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.86% (92nd) EPSS
CVSS 9.3 · high
Is it mine?
4 products
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Who says so?
3 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

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cvss

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9.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10
v2.07.9highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-269USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred
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affected products (4)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64grRubyGems file overwrite vulnerability2022-05-01ghsa · osvUS

    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.

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also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvdnvdosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2007-01-24modified 2026-06-16
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references (12)

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