PT-2004-1608 · Php+2 · Php+2

Published 2004-06-03 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0490

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cPanel versions 1.3.29

Description The issue arises when cPanel compiles Apache 1.3.29 and PHP with the mod phpsuexec option, without setting the --enable-discard-path option. This causes PHP to use the SCRIPT FILENAME variable instead of the PATH TRANSLATED variable to find and execute scripts. As a result, local users can execute arbitrary PHP code as other users by referencing the attacker's script after the user's script in a URL, allowing the attacker's script to run with the user's privileges.

Recommendations For cPanel version 1.3.29, consider setting the --enable-discard-path option when compiling Apache and PHP to prevent the misuse of the SCRIPT FILENAME variable. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the mod phpsuexec option until a proper fix can be applied.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0490

Affected Products

Apache

Php

Cpanel

References · 10

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/10407 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/24141 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0490 · Security Note
• http://securiteam.com/tools/5TP0N15CUA.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16239 · Note
• http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=283 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0490 · Note
• http://a-squad.com/audit/explain10.html · Note
• http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=664 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/364112 · Note