Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2011-2202
Published: June 17, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44946
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2202
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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."
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
dev-lang/php
php
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
dev-lang/php
php
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2202
Install update from vendor's website.
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
php - update to 5.3.8
php - update to 5.3.8
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54939
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/12/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/15
- http://pastebin.com/1edSuSVN
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0071.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44874
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025659
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/main/rfc1867.c?r1=312103&r2=312102&pathrev=312103
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=312103
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=312103
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2266
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165
- http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48259
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67999