4.4

CVE-2013-4136: phusion passenger Link Following

CVSS: 4.4v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2013-0253UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4136DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4136
Published 30-09-2013Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4136 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Link Following vulnerability in phusion passenger. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
RHSA-2013:1136SUSE-SU-2016:0042-1

Timeline

  1. 30-09-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h in Phusion Passenger gem before 4.0.6 for Ruby allows local users to gain privileges or possibly change the ownership of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • passenger< 3.0.13debian-1.2
Mageia1 product
  • rubygem-passenger< 3.0.21-2.2.mga3
Phusion1 product
  • passenger≤ 4.0.5 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4
RubyGems1 product
  • passenger< 4.0.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • ruby-passenger< 4.0.37-2

5 vendors · 5 products

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