{"cve":"CVE-2013-4136","nvd":{"published":"2013-09-30T21:55:07.223","modified":"2026-06-16T23:56:41.543","status":"Modified","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6","https://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=910","https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release-4.0.6/NEWS","https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b"],"products":["phusion:passenger"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:30:15.895642412+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-4136","score":0.00326,"percentile":0.25763,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-w6rc-q387-vpgq","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w6rc-q387-vpgq","summary":"insecure temporary directory usage in passenger","modified":"2024-12-05T05:36:49.756916Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"passenger","purl":"pkg:gem/passenger","ranges":["<4.0.6"],"fixed":["4.0.6"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}