Phusion Passenger before 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1)…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• RubyGemspassengerGHSA-c7j7-p5jq-26ff (opens in a new tab)

References (6)

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/34b1087870c2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140130 Re: CVE request: temporary file issue in Passenger rubygem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-1151 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140128 CVE request: temporary file issue in Passenger rubygem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-c7j7-p5jq-26ff (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2014-1831](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2014-1831.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2014-1831)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 09:50 UTC.