7.8

CVE-2016-10345: phusion passenger

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2017:1316-1UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10345DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10345
Published 18-04-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10345 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in phusion passenger. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.46%
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. 18-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the passenger user.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

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

Suse3 products
  • rubygem-passenger&distro=SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3< 3.0.14-0.17.1
  • rubygem-passenger&distro=SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3< 3.0.14-0.17.1
  • rubygem-passenger&distro=SUSE WebYast 1.3< 3.0.14-0.17.1
Debian1 product
  • passenger< 6.0.10-1
Phusion1 product
RubyGems1 product
  • passenger< 5.1.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • passengerAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 7 products

References

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