High severity · published May 20, 2016
CVE-2016-3693
The Safemode gem before 1.2.4 for Ruby, when initialized with a delegate object that is a Rails controller, allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via…
8.1
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Safemode gem before 1.2.4 for Ruby, when initialized with a delegate object that is a Rails controller, allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via the inspect method.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Safemode · Safemode Project
through 1.2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3693
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3693
projects.theforeman.org
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/14635
Vendor Advisory
http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2016-3693/
theforeman.org
http://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-3693
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/8
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
github.com
https://github.com/svenfuchs/safemode/commit/0f764a1720a3a68fd2842e21377c8bfad6d7126f
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