Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-0097 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in PHP

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
php
CWE-119
exploit available

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the create_named_pipe function in libmysql.c in PHP 4.3.10 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 for Windows allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) arg_host or (2) arg_unix_socket argument, as demonstrated by a long named pipe variable in the host argument to the mysql_connect function.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Php
4

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Exploit-Db

descriptionPHP <= 4.4.0 (mysql_connect function) Local Buffer Overflow Exploit. CVE-2006-0097. Local exploit for windows platform
idEDB-ID:1406
last seen2016-01-31
modified2006-01-05
published2006-01-05
reportermercenary
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/1406/
titlePHP <= 4.4.0 mysql_connect function Local Buffer Overflow Exploit

Statements

contributorTomas Hoger
lastmodified2008-10-30
organizationRed Hat
statementNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of php as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.