Arbitrary PHP code execution in Mt-phpincgi - CVE-2015-2945

 

Arbitrary PHP code execution in Mt-phpincgi - CVE-2015-2945

Published: February 1, 2017 / Updated: March 10, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5582
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2945
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: H-fj
Affected software:
Mt-phpincgi

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper validation of input when performing an unserialize() call. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted URL request, inject and execute arbitrary PHP code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary PHP code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

How to mitigate CVE-2015-2945

Update to a patched version released after 2015-05-15.

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