Improper Privilege Management in Brakeman - CVE-2019-18409
Published: November 14, 2019 / Updated: June 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22774
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18409
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privilege on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to missing access control in the "ruby_parser-legacy-1.0.0/lib/ruby_parser/legacy/ruby_parser.rb" file. A local user can escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Affected software
Brakeman
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18409
Install updates from vendor's website.
Brakeman - update to 4.7.1