CVE-2016-0752

Published: Feb 16, 2016Updated: Apr 22, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-22

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

opensuse

oss-project·DE

leapOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

opensuseOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

package-ecosystem

oss-project·USaka ruby on rails, rails, rubyonrails.org

rails

OSS Libraries

suse

commercial·DE

linux enterprise module for containersOn-prem

Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

redhat

commercial·USaka red hat

software collectionsOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Added to KEV:Mar 25, 2022

Remediation due:Apr 15, 2022

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

4 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Collection

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/

exploit-db.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html

lists.opensuse.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html

lists.opensuse.org

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