PHP 5.3.12/5.4.2 Wrapper access control

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A vulnerability was found in PHP 5.3.12/5.4.2 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Wrapper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

php-wrapper.fcgi does not properly handle command-line arguments, which allows remote attackers to bypass a protection mechanism in PHP 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 and execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the PHP sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c component and a query string beginning with a +- sequence.

The weakness was released 05/11/2012 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2335 since 04/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/01/2021). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64100 (SuSE 11.1 Security Update : PHP5 (SAT Patch Number 6316)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165505 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for PHP5 (SUSE-SU-2012:0840-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 22063.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75652) and Tenable (64100). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 5319, 9012, 60732 and 60730.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 64100
Nessus Name: SuSE 11.1 Security Update : PHP5 (SAT Patch Number 6316)
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OpenVAS ID: 831627
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for php MDVSA-2012:068-1 (php)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 22063
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP PHP-CGI remote file include attempt
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05/11/2012 +9 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +787 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: 61910
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-2335 (🔍)
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X-Force: 75652
Vulnerability Center: 35179 - PHP 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 53388
Secunia: 49014

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/01/2021 20:10
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (40), 07/23/2019 15:57 (36), 12/01/2021 20:02 (3), 12/01/2021 20:10 (1)
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