PHP prior 5.1.0 money_format format string

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in PHP. Impacted is the function money_format. Executing a manipulation can lead to format string. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4658. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function money_format. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a format string vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-134. The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The money_format function in PHP 5 before 5.2.4, and PHP 4 before 4.4.8, permits multiple (1) %i and (2) %n tokens, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a format string vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 08/30/2007. The weakness was released 09/04/2007 by Maksymilian Arciemowicz (shinnai) (Website). The advisory is available at php.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-4658 since 09/04/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26204 (CentOS 3 : php (CESA-2007:0889)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165666 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update php4, php5 (SUSE-SA:2008:004)).

Upgrading to version 5.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36377), Tenable (26204), SecurityFocus (BID 25498†), OSVDB (36865†) and Secunia (SA26642†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3203, VDB-3288, VDB-3287 and VDB-3284. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Format string
CWE: CWE-134 / CWE-119
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 26204
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : php (CESA-2007:0889)
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OpenVAS ID: 60099
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1444-1 (php5)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 5.1.0

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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: php.net
Researcher: Maksymilian Arciemowicz (shinnai)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-4658 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4658
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38626

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X-Force: 36377
SecurityFocus: 25498 - PHP 5.2.3 and Prior Versions Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26642
OSVDB: 36865 - CVE-2007-4658 - PHP - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 16076 - PHP < 5.2.4 money_format Function Format String Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-3023

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/25/2019 20:37
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (78), 07/25/2019 20:37 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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