Unscored severity · published Feb 19, 2015
CVE-2014-1831
Phusion Passenger before 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Phusion Passenger before 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Passenger · Phusion
through 4.0.36 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1831
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1831
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/8
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3
bugs.debian.org
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992
github.com
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/34b1087870c2
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