CVE-2017-16355
CVSS V2 Low 1.2
CVSS V3 Medium 4.7
Description
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-16355
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2017-12-14T22:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-28T15:31:55
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 5.0.10 | 5.1.10 |
| cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 5.0.10 | 5.1.11 |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- HIGH
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 1.2
- Severity
- LOW
- Exploitability Score
- 1.9
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- HIGH
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 4.7
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 1
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34 | Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16355 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16355 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:00:44 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 00:05:12 | 2017-12-14T22:29Z | 2017-12-14T22:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 00:05:12 | 2019-10-28T15:31:55 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 00:05:12 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |