{"cve":"CVE-2017-16355","nvd":{"published":"2017-12-14T22:29:00.210","modified":"2026-06-17T01:09:14.073","status":"Modified","description":"In agent/Core/SpawningKit/Spawner.h in Phusion Passenger 5.1.10 (fixed in Passenger Open Source 5.1.11 and Passenger Enterprise 5.1.10), if Passenger is running as root, it is possible to list the contents of arbitrary files on a system by symlinking a file named REVISION from the application root folder to a file of choice and querying passenger-status --show=xml.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/","https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf","https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34","https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415","https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","phusion:passenger"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:56.471723566+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16355","score":0.00361,"percentile":0.29917,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-cv3f-px9r-54hm","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cv3f-px9r-54hm","summary":"Phusion Passenger information disclosure","modified":"2024-02-20T05:34:09.630180Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"passenger","purl":"pkg:gem/passenger","ranges":["<5.1.11"],"fixed":["5.1.11"]}]}],"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."]}