Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-12026

Title: Phusion Passenger Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-12026.

CWE Category CWE-59
Published Date Jun 17, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-12026: During the spawning of a malicious Passenger-managed application, SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger 5.3.x before 5.3.2 allows such applications to replace key files or directories in the spawning communication directory with symlinks. This then could result in arbitrary reads and writes, which in turn can result in information disclosure and privilege escalation.

Impacted Vendors

P
phusion 1

Reference Links

https://blog.phusion.nl/passenger-5-3-2 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02 https://blog.phusion.nl/passenger-5-3-2 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-12026 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.