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Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVE-2022-45301

Severity Medium
Score 4.3/10

Summary

Insecure permissions in Chocolatey Ruby package v3.1.2.1 and below grants all users in the Authenticated Users group write privileges for the path C:\tools\ruby31 and all files located in that folder.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published