Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-16355
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.
Vulnerability category: Information leak
Products affected by CVE-2017-16355
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2017-16355
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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
80
IPs affected by CVE-2017-16355 5,651
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-16355
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 22 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-16355
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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1.2
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LOW | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
1.9
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2.9
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NIST | |
4.7
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
1.0
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3.6
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-16355
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The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2017-16355
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https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4415-1 passengerThird Party Advisory
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4415-1] passenger security updateIssue Tracking;Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/
Security advisory [CVE-2017-16355]: arbitrary file read vulnerabilityThird Party Advisory
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https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf
Disable unused feature. · phusion/passenger@4043718 · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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