diff --git a/ql/src/codeql_ruby/ast/Literal.qll b/ql/src/codeql_ruby/ast/Literal.qll
index ce0825cce92..615b0b16210 100644
--- a/ql/src/codeql_ruby/ast/Literal.qll
+++ b/ql/src/codeql_ruby/ast/Literal.qll
@@ -47,6 +47,33 @@ class IntegerLiteral extends NumericLiteral, TIntegerLiteral {
 
   final override string getValueText() { result = g.getValue() }
 
+  final int getValue() {
+    exists(string s, string values, string str |
+      s = this.getValueText() and
+      (
+        s.matches("0b%") and values = "01" and str = s.suffix(2)
+        or
+        s.matches("0x%") and values = "0123456789abcdef" and str = s.suffix(2)
+        or
+        s.charAt(0) = "0" and
+        not s.charAt(1) = ["b", "x"] and
+        values = "01234567" and
+        str = s.suffix(1)
+        or
+        s.charAt(0) != "0" and values = "0123456789" and str = s
+      )
+    |
+      result =
+        sum(int index, string c, int v, int exp |
+          c = str.replaceAll("_", "").charAt(index) and
+          v = values.indexOf(c.toLowerCase()) and
+          exp = str.replaceAll("_", "").length() - index - 1
+        |
+          v * values.length().pow(exp)
+        )
+    )
+  }
+
   final override string toString() { result = this.getValueText() }
 
   final override string getAPrimaryQlClass() { result = "IntegerLiteral" }
diff --git a/ql/src/queries/security/cwe-732/WeakFilePermissions.ql b/ql/src/queries/security/cwe-732/WeakFilePermissions.ql
index cf8ba03b786..6296ca2dd84 100644
--- a/ql/src/queries/security/cwe-732/WeakFilePermissions.ql
+++ b/ql/src/queries/security/cwe-732/WeakFilePermissions.ql
@@ -41,34 +41,12 @@ string access(int p) {
   p % 8 in [4, 5] and result = "readable"
 }
 
-bindingset[s]
-int parseInt(string s) {
-  exists(string values, string str |
-    s.matches("0b%") and values = "01" and str = s.suffix(2)
-    or
-    s.matches("0x%") and values = "0123456789abcdef" and str = s.suffix(2)
-    or
-    s.charAt(0) = "0" and not s.charAt(1) = ["b", "x"] and values = "01234567" and str = s.suffix(1)
-    or
-    s.charAt(0) != "0" and values = "0123456789" and str = s
-  |
-    result =
-      sum(int index, string c, int v, int exp |
-        c = str.replaceAll("_", "").charAt(index) and
-        v = values.indexOf(c.toLowerCase()) and
-        exp = str.replaceAll("_", "").length() - index - 1
-      |
-        v * values.length().pow(exp)
-      )
-  )
-}
-
 /** An expression specifing a file permission that allows group/others read or write access */
 class PermissivePermissionsExpr extends Expr {
   // TODO: non-literal expressions?
   PermissivePermissionsExpr() {
     exists(int perm, string acc |
-      perm = parseInt(this.(IntegerLiteral).getValueText()) and
+      perm = this.(IntegerLiteral).getValue() and
       (acc = access(world_permission(perm)) or acc = access(group_permission(perm)))
     )
     or