CVE-2017-16355 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Phusion Passenger versions 5.1.10 and earlier, specifically affecting Debian Linux distributions. If Passenger operates with root privileges, an attacker can read arbitrary file contents by creating a symbolic link named REVISION within the application root and then querying passenger-status --show=xml. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high complexity and a potential for high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.10, < 5.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.10, < 5.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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