High severity · published Apr 18, 2017
CVE-2016-10345
In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the…
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the passenger user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Passenger · Phusion
through 5.0.30 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10345
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10345
Patch
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/stable-5.1/CHANGELOG
Patch
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/e5b4b0824d6b648525b4bf63d9fa37e5beeae441
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