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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.phusion.nl/passenger-5-3-2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0112
EPSS Percentile
78.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (2)
phusion/passenger
5.3.0 - 5.3.2
rubygems/passenger
5.3.0 - 5.3.2RubyGems
Published
Jun 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026