Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2014-5120 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
PHP Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages |
Vendor | PHP Group |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU32501
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5120
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
gd_ctx.c in the GD component in PHP 5.4.x before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16 does not ensure that pathnames lack %00 sequences, which might allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via crafted input to an application that calls the (1) imagegd, (2) imagegd2, (3) imagegif, (4) imagejpeg, (5) imagepng, (6) imagewbmp, or (7) imagewebp function.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsPHP: 5.4.0 - 5.4.31
External linkshttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67730
http://support.apple.com/HT204659
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.