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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTJqNTUtcGN3NS14NGgy
active-support impersonates 'activesupport' gem
The active-support ruby gem gem is malware and duplicates the official activesupport (no hyphen) gem, but adds a compiled extension. The extension attempts to resolve a base64 encoded domain (29faea63.planfhntage.de), downloads a payload, and executes.
This trojan horse gem could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by containing a malicious backdoor. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. No version of this gem should be considered safe.
Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2j55-pcw5-x4h2JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTJqNTUtcGN3NS14NGgy
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: over 6 years ago
Updated: almost 2 years ago
Identifiers: GHSA-2j55-pcw5-x4h2, CVE-2018-3779
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3779
- https://hackerone.com/reports/392311
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2j55-pcw5-x4h2
Affected Packages
rubygems:active-support
Affected Version Ranges: > 0No known fixed version