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CRITICAL
CVE-2018-12026
Apache Phusion Passenger Symlink File Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 17, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 8, 2019, 2:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-12026 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-12026 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Phusion passenger
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-2018-12026.

URL Resource
https://blog.phusion.nl/passenger-5-3-2 Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Imoro Umar Farouq's report on Internal Network Penetration Testing

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Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Born at : Sept. 12, 2024, 11:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 161 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-12026 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-12026 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.phusion.nl/passenger-5-3-2 No Types Assigned https://blog.phusion.nl/passenger-5-3-2 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-59
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.3.0 up to (excluding) 5.3.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-12026 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-2018-12026 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} 0.00%

score

0.66116

percentile

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