Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-1381 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in PHP 5.0.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
The wddx_deserialize function in wddx.c 1.119.2.10.2.12 and 1.119.2.10.2.13 in PHP 5, as modified in CVS on 20070224 and fixed on 20070304, calls strlcpy where strlcat was intended and uses improper arguments, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a WDDX packet with a malformed overlap of a STRING element, which triggers a buffer overflow. This vulnerability impacts PHP CVS as of 2007-02-24
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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
| description | PHP wddx_deserialize() String Append Crash Exploit. CVE-2007-1381. Dos exploits for multiple platform |
| id | EDB-ID:3404 |
| last seen | 2016-01-31 |
| modified | 2007-03-04 |
| published | 2007-03-04 |
| reporter | Stefan Esser |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/3404/ |
| title | PHP wddx_deserialize String Append Crash Exploit |
Nessus
| NASL family | CGI abuses |
| NASL id | PHP_5_2_0.NASL |
| description | According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.x installed on the remote host is older than 5.2. Such versions may be affected by several buffer overflows. To exploit these issues, an attacker would need the ability to upload an arbitrary PHP script on the remote server or to manipulate several variables processed by some PHP functions such as |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 31649 |
| published | 2008-03-25 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31649 |
| title | PHP 5.x < 5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
Statements
| contributor | Mark J Cox |
| lastmodified | 2007-04-16 |
| organization | Red Hat |
| statement | Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, Stronghold 4.0, or Red Hat Application Stack 1. |