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PHP RCE flaw actively exploited to pop NGINX servers
2019-10-28 12:24

A recently patched vulnerability (CVE-2019-11043) in PHP is being actively exploited by attackers to compromise NGINX web servers, threat intelligence firm Bad Packets has confirmed. For a successful exploitation, target servers must have the PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) feature enabled, but that combination is not as uncommon as initially believed. About CVE-2019-11043 The flaw was discovered by Wallarm researcher Andrew Danau during a Capture The Flag contest that took place in September 2019. The PHP … More → The post PHP RCE flaw actively exploited to pop NGINX servers appeared first on Help Net Security.


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Related Vulnerability

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2019-10-28 CVE-2019-11043 Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products
In PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.33, 7.2.x below 7.2.24 and 7.3.x below 7.3.11 in certain configurations of FPM setup it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers into the space reserved for FCGI protocol data, thus opening the possibility of remote code execution.
network
low complexity
php canonical debian fedoraproject tenable redhat CWE-787
critical
9.8

Related vendor

VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
PHP 9 1 43 115 124 283
Nginx 2 0 3 1 4 8