CVE-2011-1004
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The FileUtils.remove_entry_secure method in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through 1.9.1-430, 1.9.2 through 1.9.2-136, and 1.9.3dev allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1021)
- Published
- March 2, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1021 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054436.html
- http://osvdb.org/70958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43434(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43573
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:097
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/fileutils-is-vulnerable-to-symlink-race-attacks/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46460
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678913(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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