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CVE-2014-1831: phusion passenger

CVSS: 2.1v2.0LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-1831DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1831GHSA-c7j7-p5jq-26ff
Published 19-02-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-1831 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in phusion passenger. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
8/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.1/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-02-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Phusion Passenger before 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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.37% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • passenger< 4.0.37-1
Phusion1 product
RubyGems1 product
  • passenger< 4.0.38
Ubuntu1 product
  • ruby-passenger< 4.0.37-2

4 vendors · 4 products

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