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Vulnerability details: VCID-16qh-2ag7-83fq
Vulnerability ID VCID-16qh-2ag7-83fq
Aliases CVE-2007-0469
GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr
OSV-33561
Summary RubyGems file overwrite vulnerability 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2
epss 0.03055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0469
epss 0.03055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0469
epss 0.03055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0469
epss 0.03055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0469
epss 0.03055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0469
epss 0.03055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0469
epss 0.03055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0469
epss 0.04443 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0469
generic_textual MODERATE https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0469
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20070210090150/http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?group_id=126&release_id=9074
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20201207172116/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2007-0469.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0469
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
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
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
513048 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513048
GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86116
EPSS Score 0.03055
Published At July 6, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:27:15.080121+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr/GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr.json 36.1.3