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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2014-4994

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

"lib/gyazo/client.rb" in the gyazo gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, related to time-based filenames.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published