PHP 3.x/4.x/5.x mail additional_parameters memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP 3.x/4.x/5.x. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is the function mail. Performing a manipulation of the argument additional_parameters results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-1015. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in PHP 3.x/4.x/5.x (Programming Language Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function mail. The manipulation of the argument additional_parameters with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Argument injection vulnerability in certain PHP 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x applications, when used with sendmail and when accepting remote input for the additional_parameters argument to the mail function, allows remote attackers to read and create arbitrary files via the sendmail -C and -X arguments. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a class of technology-specific vulnerability, instead of a particular instance; if so, then this should not be included in CVE.

The weakness was presented 03/06/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1015 since 03/06/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31649 (PHP 5.x < 5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165152 (SUSE Security Update for PHP 4, PHP 5 (SUSE-SA:2006:024)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 9 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (27334), Tenable (31649), SecurityFocus (BID 16878†) and Secunia (SA19979†). See VDB-2068, VDB-2067, VDB-2465 and VDB-29554 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 31649
Nessus Name: PHP 5.x < 5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 110173
OpenVAS Name: PHP version smaller than 5.2.0
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02/28/2006 🔍
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05/05/2006 +60 days 🔍
11/02/2006 +181 days 🔍
03/25/2008 +509 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2543 days 🔍
06/08/2025 +3741 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1015 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1015
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29013
SecurityFocus: 16878 - PHP Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19979 - SUSE updates for php4 / php5, Less Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/08/2025 09:59
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (71), 04/22/2019 21:18 (3), 06/08/2025 09:59 (27)
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