CVE-2007-5379 | Date: (C)2007-10-19 (M)2023-12-22 |
Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers and ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files via the Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) method, which uses XmlSimple (XML::Simple) unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords from the Pidgin (Gaim) .purple/accounts.xml file.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -CVSS V2 Severity: |
CVSS Score : 5.0 |
Exploit Score: 10.0 |
Impact Score: 2.9 |
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CVSS V2 Metrics: |
Access Vector: NETWORK |
Access Complexity: LOW |
Authentication: NONE |
Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
Integrity: NONE |
Availability: NONE |
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