Vulnerability identifier: #VU45430

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4697

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
PHP
Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages

Vendor: PHP Group

Description

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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Zend engine in PHP before 5.2.15 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via vectors related to use of __set, __get, __isset, and __unset methods on objects accessed by a reference.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

PHP: 3.0 - 3.0.18, 4.0 - 4.0.7, 4.1.0 - 4.1.2, 4.2.0 - 4.2.3, 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.13, 5.3.0 - 5.3.3

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External links
http://bugs.php.net/52879
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45952
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65310
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12528

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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.