Arbitrary PHP code execution in Drupal - CVE-2017-6920

 

Arbitrary PHP code execution in Drupal - CVE-2017-6920

Published: June 23, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7180
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6920
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists due to improper handling of PHP objects by PECL YAML parser during certain operations within Drupal core. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file and execute PHP code on the vulnerable system.

Affected software

Drupal

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6920

Update to version 8.3.4.


External References

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