CVE-2016-0752
What it is
Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure.
- In the wild
- CISA lists this as exploited in real attacks. Treat as urgent.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- 2022-03-25 Exploited in the wildAdded to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list
- 2022-04-15 Remediation deadlineCISA's due date for federal agencies to fix it
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: yes, CISA lists it. This puts it above everything that is not.
- Exploit odds: 95.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Added to CISA KEV
- 2022-03-25
- Exploit probability
- 95.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-22 · Path traversal
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Rubyonrails Rails < 3.2.22.1
- Rubyonrails Rails < 4.1.14.1
- Rubyonrails Rails < 4.2.5.1
- Rubyonrails Rails 5.0.0
- Opensuse Leap 42.1
- Opensuse 13.2
- Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Containers 12
- Debian Linux 8.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2016-0752.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2016-0752. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0752