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.

• CWE-668

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/14Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop/issues/4336Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/14Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop/issues/4336Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

May 2, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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