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Case File

CVE-2018-1000073

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.00% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-03-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2018-1000073
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.00%

Original NVD Description

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.