Symlink Path Traversal Vulnerability in Rack::File

CVE-2013-0262 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

rack/file.rb (Rack::File) in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows attackers to access arbitrary files outside the intended root directory via a crafted PATH_INFO environment variable, probably a directory traversal vulnerability that is remotely exploitable, aka "symlink path traversals."

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