Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-1413 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in PHP
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in the snmpget function in the snmp extension in PHP 5.2.3 and earlier, including PHP 4.4.6 and probably other PHP 4 versions, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long value in the third argument (object id). Failed exploit attempts will likely cause a denial of serivce on the webserver.
Vulnerable Configurations
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 4.4.6 snmpget() object id Local Buffer Overflow Exploit PoC. CVE-2007-1413. Local exploit for windows platform file exploits/windows/local/3439.php id EDB-ID:3439 last seen 2016-01-31 modified 2007-03-09 platform windows port published 2007-03-09 reporter rgod source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/3439/ title PHP 4.4.6 snmpget object id Local Buffer Overflow Exploit PoC type local id EDB-ID:4204
Nessus
| NASL family | CGI abuses |
| NASL id | PHP_5_2_4.NASL |
| description | According to its banner, the version of PHP installed on the remote host is older than 5.2.4. Such versions may be affected by various issues, including but not limited to several overflows. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 25971 |
| published | 2007-09-03 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25971 |
| title | PHP < 5.2.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
| code | |
Statements
| contributor | Mark J Cox |
| lastmodified | 2007-03-19 |
| organization | Red Hat |
| statement | Not vulnerable. The php-snmp package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 use net-snmp which is not vulnerable to this issue. |