ID:4325 - Exploit for Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2011-2202

 
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ID:4325 - Exploit for Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2011-2202

Published: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44946
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2202
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
PHP

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

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

The rfc1867_post_handler function in main/rfc1867.c in PHP before 5.3.7 does not properly restrict filenames in multipart/form-data POST requests, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks, and possibly create or overwrite arbitrary files, via a crafted upload request, related to a "file path injection vulnerability."


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.