CVE-2005-1992

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-06-20 CVE Reserved
2005-06-20 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920	Third Party Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml	Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016	Vdb Entry
http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10819	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237	2017-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html	2017-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748	2017-10-11
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1992	2005-08-05
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617679	2005-08-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Yukihiro Matsumoto Search vendor "Yukihiro Matsumoto"		Ruby Search vendor "Yukihiro Matsumoto" for product "Ruby"				1.8 Search vendor "Yukihiro Matsumoto" for product "Ruby" and version "1.8"		-		Affected