PHP up to 5.2.3 readfile access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHP. This impacts the function readfile. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-3007. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHP (Programming Language Software). This affects the function readfile. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

PHP 5 before 5.2.3 does not enforce the open_basedir or safe_mode restriction in certain cases, which allows context-dependent attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by checking if the readfile function returns a string. NOTE: this issue might also involve the realpath function.

The bug was discovered 05/24/2007. The weakness was released 06/01/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-3007 since 06/04/2007. 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 are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27759 (Fedora 7 : php-5.2.4-1.fc7 (2007-2215)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165067 (SUSE Security Update for php4, php5 (SUSE-SA:2007:044)).

Upgrading to version 5.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35001), Tenable (27759), SecurityFocus (BID 24259†), OSVDB (36084†) and Secunia (SA25456†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-35549, VDB-36639 and VDB-36028. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 27759
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : php-5.2.4-1.fc7 (2007-2215)
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OpenVAS ID: 861128
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 5.2.3

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06/01/2007 +8 days 🔍
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11/06/2007 +49 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2686 days 🔍
07/20/2019 +1588 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-3007 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3007
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37101
X-Force: 35001
SecurityFocus: 24259 - PHP Realpath() Safe_Mode and Open_Basedir Restriction Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 25456
OSVDB: 36084 - PHP realpath() Function Security Restriction Bypass
Vulnerability Center: 15271 - PHP before 5.2.3 Remote Information Disclosure, Medium

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/20/2019 09:47
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (82), 07/20/2019 09:47 (2)
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