Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2015-4026
The pcntl_exec implementation in PHP before 5.4.41, 5.5.x before 5.5.25, and 5.6.x before 5.6.9 truncates a pathname upon encountering a \x00 character, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended extension restrictions and execute files with unexpected names via a crafted first argument. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-7243.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.195 (97.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.197 · newest: 0.195 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- PHP — versions 5.4.39, 5.5.0, 5.5.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus — versions 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1187.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1186.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1219.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- bugs.php.net/bug.php (Exploit, Patch)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3280 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html (vendor-advisory)