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CVE-2016-0752

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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
December 16, 2015
Published Date
February 16, 2016
Last Updated
February 07, 2025
Vendor
Ruby on Rails
Product
Action View
Description
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.
Tags
ruby cisa metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.5 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
partial

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2022-03-25 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2016-03-18 21:10:18 UTC) Source

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/ http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-25 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/rails_dynamic_render_code_exec.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:23 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

rails_dynamic_render_code_exec

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2016-0752

dachidahu/CVE-2016-0752

Type: github • Created: 2016-03-18 21:10:18 UTC • Stars: 0

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Metasploit