// For flags

CVE-2018-12028

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201807-02

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger 5.3.x before 5.3.2 allows a Passenger-managed malicious application, upon spawning a child process, to report an arbitrary different PID back to Passenger's process manager. If the malicious application then generates an error, it would cause Passenger's process manager to kill said reported arbitrary PID.

Una vulnerabilidad de control de acceso incorrecto en SpawningKit en Phusion Passenger en versiones 5.3.x anteriores a la 5.3.2 permite que una aplicación maliciosa gestionada por Passenger, al generar un proceso hijo, informe de un PID arbitrario diferente al gestor de procesos de Passenger. Si la aplicación maliciosa genera un error, provocaría que el gestor de procesos de Passenger mate dicho PID arbitrario reportado.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Passenger, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 5.3.2 are affected.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2018-06-07 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-06-17 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CAPEC
References (2)
URL Tag Source
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
https://blog.phusion.nl/passenger-5-3-2 2019-10-03
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02 2019-10-03
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Phusion
Search vendor "Phusion"
 Passenger
Search vendor "Phusion" for product "Passenger"
 >= 5.3.0 < 5.3.2
Search vendor "Phusion" for product "Passenger" and version " >= 5.3.0 < 5.3.2"
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Affected