PHP 5.3.x <= 5.3.2 Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities
🗓️ 17 May 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType
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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100643");
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:"2010-05-17 12:46:01 +0200 (Mon, 17 May 2010)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2094", "CVE-2010-2950");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("PHP 5.3.x <= 5.3.2 Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities");
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 multiple format-string vulnerabilities because
it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before passing it as the format specifier to a
formatted-printing function.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers can exploit these issues to run arbitrary code within
the context of the PHP process. This may allow them to bypass intended security restrictions or
gain elevated privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP 5.3 through 5.3.2 are vulnerable.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Updates are available. Please see the references for
details.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40173");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg46330.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=298667");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://php-security.org/2010/05/14/mops-2010-024-php-phar_stream_flush-format-string-vulnerability/index.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://php-security.org/2010/05/14/mops-2010-025-php-phar_wrapper_open_dir-format-string-vulnerability/index.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://php-security.org/2010/05/14/mops-2010-026-php-phar_wrapper_unlink-format-string-vulnerability/index.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://php-security.org/2010/05/14/mops-2010-027-php-phar_parse_url-format-string-vulnerabilities/index.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://php-security.org/2010/05/14/mops-2010-028-php-phar_wrapper_open_url-format-string-vulnerabilities/index.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_in_range(version: version, test_version: "5.3", test_version2: "5.3.2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.3.3", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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