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PHP < 4.4.5, 5.x < 5.2.1 RCE Vulnerability

🗓️ 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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PHP Shared Memory Functions Resource Verification Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilit

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:php:php";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100605");
  script_version("2025-09-24T05:39:03+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-24 05:39:03 +0000 (Wed, 24 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-04-23 13:12:25 +0200 (Fri, 23 Apr 2010)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-1376");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("PHP < 4.4.5, 5.x < 5.2.1 RCE Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_php_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("php/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PHP is prone to a remote code execution (RCE)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The shmop functions in PHP do not verify that their arguments
  correspond to a shmop resource, which allows context-dependent attackers to read and write
  arbitrary memory locations via arguments associated with an inappropriate resource, as
  demonstrated by a GD Image resource.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code
  within the context of the affected webserver. The attacker may also gain access to RSA keys of the
  SSL certificate.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP prior to version 4.4.5 and 5.x prior to 5.2.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.4.5, 5.2.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20181007042631/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22862");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-15-2007.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0007.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "4.4.5")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.4.5", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "5.2.0", test_version_up: "5.2.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.2.1", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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