Is CVE-2018-12615 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-12615 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-12615?

CVE-2018-12615 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-12615?

CVE-2018-12615 has an EPSS score of 1.20% (64th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12615?

Upgrade passenger to 5.3.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-12615

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in switchGroup() in agent/ExecHelper/ExecHelperMain.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 5.3.2. The set of groups (gidset) is not set correctly, leaving it up to randomness (i.e., uninitialized memory) which supplementary groups are actually being set while lowering privileges.

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

passengerNVD

Affected:< 5.3.2Fixed in:5.3.2CVE-2018-12615derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2011-3923	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	86%	-	-
CVE-2018-1000207	High	7.2	64%	-	-
CVE-2023-32986	High	8.8	63%	-	-
CVE-2021-44521	Critical	9.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-13374	Medium	4.3	38%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.