Improper access control in PHP

1) Improper access control

EUVDB-ID: #VU40284

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8838

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 uses a client SSL option to mean that SSL is optional, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, a related issue to CVE-2015-3152.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

PHP: 5.5.0 - 5.6.10

External links

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=97aa752fee61fccdec361279adbfb17a3c60f3f4
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00057.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69669

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.