PT-2016-1106 · Php · Php

Published 2016-01-19 · Updated 2017-09-10 · CVE-2015-8617

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PHP versions prior to 7.0.1

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the zend throw or error function. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that is misused as a class name, leading to incorrect error handling.

Recommendations For PHP versions prior to 7.0.1, update to version 7.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting input to prevent misuse of format string specifiers until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00227

CVE-2015-8617

Affected Products

Php

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39082 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71105 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8617 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00227 · Security Note
• http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b101a6bbd4f2181c360bd38e7683df4a03cba83e · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034543 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8617 · Note
• https://secure.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.1 · Note