VDB-45189 · CVE-2008-5227 · VU#515417

PHPCow 2008 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in PHPCow 2008. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-5227. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PHPCow 2008. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in PHPCow allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, related to a "file inclusion vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in November 2008.

The weakness was shared 11/25/2008 by Aaron as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5227 since 11/25/2008. 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 unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by ViRuS_HiMa and been published 3 years after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46714), Exploit-DB (15447), Zero-Day.cz (214) and SecurityFocus (BID 32361†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

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PHPCow

Version

2008

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
Author: ViRuS_HiMa
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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