PHP up to 5.6.36/7.0.30/7.1.19/7.2.7 on Windows link_win32.c linkinfo information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.6.36/7.0.30/7.1.19/7.2.7 on Windows and classified as critical. This impacts the function linkinfo of the file ext/standard/link_win32.c. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-15132. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.6.36/7.0.30/7.1.19/7.2.7 on Windows (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function linkinfo of the file ext/standard/link_win32.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in ext/standard/link_win32.c in PHP before 5.6.37, 7.0.x before 7.0.31, 7.1.x before 7.1.20, and 7.2.x before 7.2.8. The linkinfo function on Windows doesn't implement the open_basedir check. This could be abused to find files on paths outside of the allowed directories.

The bug was discovered 07/19/2018. The weakness was shared 08/07/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at php.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-15132 since 08/07/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111231 (PHP 7.1.x < 7.1.20 exif_thumbnail_extract() DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 5.6.37, 7.0.31, 7.1.20 or 7.2.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (111231). The entries VDB-67740, VDB-90573, VDB-90611 and VDB-90612 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Programming Language Software

Name

• PHP

Version

• 5.6.0
• 5.6.1
• 5.6.2
• 5.6.3
• 5.6.4
• 5.6.5
• 5.6.6
• 5.6.7
• 5.6.8
• 5.6.9
• 5.6.10
• 5.6.11
• 5.6.12
• 5.6.13
• 5.6.14
• 5.6.15
• 5.6.16
• 5.6.17
• 5.6.18
• 5.6.19
• 5.6.20
• 5.6.21
• 5.6.22
• 5.6.23
• 5.6.24
• 5.6.25
• 5.6.26
• 5.6.27
• 5.6.28
• 5.6.29
• 5.6.30
• 5.6.31
• 5.6.32
• 5.6.33
• 5.6.34
• 5.6.35
• 5.6.36
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12
• 7.0.13
• 7.0.14
• 7.0.15
• 7.0.16
• 7.0.17
• 7.0.18
• 7.0.19
• 7.0.20
• 7.0.21
• 7.0.22
• 7.0.23
• 7.0.24
• 7.0.25
• 7.0.26
• 7.0.27
• 7.0.28
• 7.0.29
• 7.0.30
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 7.1.3
• 7.1.4
• 7.1.5
• 7.1.6
• 7.1.7
• 7.1.8
• 7.1.9
• 7.1.10
• 7.1.11
• 7.1.12
• 7.1.13
• 7.1.14
• 7.1.15
• 7.1.16
• 7.1.17
• 7.1.18
• 7.1.19
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.php.org/

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