Vulnerability 52609 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CCN-52609

Published:

2009-05-26

Updated:

2009-05-26

Summary:

PHP could allow an attacker to bypass PHP safe_mode security restrictions, caused by an error when PHP is installed on Windows systems and safe_mode_exec_dir is not set. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by inserting a preceding backslash (\) on the exec(), system(), or passthru() commands to bypass safe_mode security restrictions and possibly execute arbitrary PHP code on the system with privileges of the Web server process.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial