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CVE

CVE-2009-5147

DL::dlopen in Ruby 1.8, 1.9.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 before patchlevel 648, and 2.1 before 2.1.8 opens libraries with tain

DL::dlopen in Ruby 1.8, 1.9.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 before patchlevel 648, and 2.1 before 2.1.8 opens libraries with tainted names.

HIGH · CVSS 7.3 EPSS 0.56223
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules3 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

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ruby-lang rubyall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumRuby on Rails Framework Exceptions
productmediumPotential Ruby Reverse Shell
productmediumRuby Inline Command Execution
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Scoring & Timeline

7.3
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD29 Mar 2017 · 02:59 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Vendor Advisories

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rhsaRHSA-2026:7307Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2026:8838Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2026:7305Moderate
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10481-1
rhsaRHSA-2018:0583Low
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/222PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76060Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248935Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/4600cf725a86ce31266153647ae5aa1197b1215bPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/16/unsafe-tainted-string-usage-in-fiddle-and-dl-cve-2015-7551/Vendor Advisory
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