CVE-2018-12027 is an Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Phusion Passenger versions 5.3.x before 5.3.2. It allows a non-application user to redirect traffic to their own process by manipulating parent directories of a Unix domain socket, leading to information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges, potentially resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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