01 Record
CVE-2014-1832
Phusion Passenger 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Phusion Passenger 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-02-19 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-01-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-377Insecure Temporary FileClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 98863afef481be1b7c17c81439a1e6da190f05823f04d7e0924cdd05bb873bfc
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20140129 Re: CVE request: temporary file issue in Passenger rubygemhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/29/6
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20150130 Re: CVE request: temporary file issue in Passenger rubygemhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-1151http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/94428057c602da3d6d34ef75c78091066ecac5c0