| CVE-2017-16355 | Date: (C)2017-12-18 (M)2023-12-22 |
In agent/Core/SpawningKit/Spawner.h in Phusion Passenger 5.1.10 (fixed in Passenger Open Source 5.1.11 and Passenger Enterprise 5.1.10), if Passenger is running as root, it is possible to list the contents of arbitrary files on a system by symlinking a file named REVISION from the application root folder to a file of choice and querying passenger-status --show=xml.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 4.7 | CVSS Score : 1.2 |
| Exploit Score: 1.0 | Exploit Score: 1.9 |
| Impact Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: 2.9 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity: HIGH | Access Complexity: HIGH |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: NONE |
| Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: NONE |
| Integrity: NONE | |
| Availability: NONE | |
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