Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-12026
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.012
EPSS Ranking 77.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
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