CVE-2009-3558

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

Access Complexity selected medium according to the information from X-force link regarding enabling "open_basedir" option. http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/53568

The posix_mkfifo function in ext/posix/posix.c in PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions, and create FIFO files, via the pathname and mode arguments, as demonstrated by creating a .htaccess file.

Access Complexity selected medium according to the information from X-force link regarding enabling "open_basedir" option. http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/53568

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

PHP

First reported 15 years ago

2009-11-23 17:30:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

PHP PHP_FI 1.0

1.0

PHP PHP_FI 2.0

2.0

PHP PHP_FI 2.0b10

2.0b10

PHP PHP 3.0

3.0

PHP PHP 3.0.1

3.0.1

PHP PHP 3.0.2

3.0.2

PHP PHP 3.0.3

3.0.3

PHP PHP 3.0.4

3.0.4

PHP PHP 3.0.5

3.0.5

PHP PHP 3.0.6

3.0.6

PHP PHP 3.0.7

3.0.7

PHP PHP 3.0.8

3.0.8

PHP PHP 3.0.9

3.0.9

PHP PHP 3.0.10

3.0.10

PHP PHP 3.0.11

3.0.11

PHP PHP 3.0.12

3.0.12

PHP PHP 3.0.13

3.0.13

PHP PHP 3.0.14

3.0.14

PHP PHP 3.0.15

3.0.15

PHP PHP 3.0.16

3.0.16

PHP PHP 3.0.17

3.0.17

PHP PHP 3.0.18

3.0.18

PHP 4.0.0

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 1

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 2

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 3

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 4

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 4 Patch Level 1

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0.0

4.0.0

PHP PHP 4.0.1

4.0.1

PHP PHP 4.0.2

4.0.2

PHP PHP 4.0.3

4.0.3

PHP PHP 4.0.4

4.0.4

PHP PHP 4.0.5

4.0.5

PHP PHP 4.0.6

4.0.6

PHP PHP 4.0.7

4.0.7

PHP PHP 4.1.0

4.1.0

PHP PHP 4.1.1

4.1.1

PHP PHP 4.1.2

4.1.2

PHP PHP 4.2.0

4.2.0

PHP PHP 4.2.1

4.2.1

PHP PHP 4.2.2

4.2.2

PHP PHP 4.2.3

4.2.3

PHP PHP 4.3.0

4.3.0

PHP PHP 4.3.1

4.3.1

PHP PHP 4.3.2

4.3.2

PHP PHP 4.3.7

4.3.7

PHP PHP 4.3.10

4.3.10

PHP PHP 4.3.11

4.3.11

PHP PHP 4.4.2

4.4.2

PHP PHP 4.4.7

4.4.7

PHP 4.4.8

4.4.8

PHP 4.4.9

4.4.9

PHP PHP 5.0.0

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta4

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.3

5.0.3

PHP PHP 5.1.1

5.1.1

PHP 5.2.1

5.2.1

PHP 5.2.5

5.2.5

PHP 5.2.6

5.2.6

PHP PHP

PHP 5.3.0

5.3.0

References

APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1

[php-announce] 20091119 5.3.1 Release announcement

37412

Vendor Advisory

37821

6600

Exploit

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/posix/posix.c?view=log

http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/posix/posix.c?view=log

http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=288943

Patch

MDVSA-2009:285

MDVSA-2009:302

MDVSA-2009:303

[oss-security] 20091120 CVE request: php 5.3.1 update

Patch

[oss-security] 20091120 Re: CVE request: php 5.3.1 update

Patch

[oss-security] 20091120 Re: CVE request: php 5.3.1 update

Patch

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_12.php

http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php

ADV-2009-3593

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