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CVE-2012-6135

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6135 describes a critical arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in RubyGems Passenger 4.0.0 betas 1 and 2, impacting Phusion OpenShift, Phusion Passenger, Red Hat OpenShift, and Red Hat Passenger. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files during the startup process, indicating a high impact on integrity with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:4.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:4.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:1.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: passengerFixed in: 4.0.0.rc4

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-8mw8-j583-vqfghigh

RubyGems passenger gem allows remote attackers to delete files

Apr 23, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-6135Low

rubygem-passenger: untrusted apps Security check socket filenames reported by spawned application processes

Feb 17, 2013

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/82533
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-6135
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/58259
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/02/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory