CVE-2017-16355
Phusion Passenger Root Privilege Escalation File Disclosure
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 14, 2017, 10:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:16 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2017-16355
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2017-16355.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34 | Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34 | Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415 | Third Party Advisory |
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2017-16355 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/ Added Reference https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34 Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Oct. 28, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:phusion:phusion_passenger:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.0.10 *cpe:2.3:a:phusion:phusion_passenger:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.0.11 OR *cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.10 up to (excluding) 5.1.10 *cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.10 up to (excluding) 5.1.11 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 26, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Changed CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf Patch https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:phusionpassenger:phusion_passenger:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:phusion:phusion_passenger:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.0.10 *cpe:2.3:a:phusion:phusion_passenger:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.0.11 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 25, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 24, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 12, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/ No Types Assigned https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf No Types Assigned https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf Patch Added CWE CWE-200 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:phusionpassenger:phusion_passenger:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-16355 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-16355
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.21650
percentile