The popen API function in TSRM/tsrm_win32.c in PHP before 5.2.11 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1, when running on certain Windows operating systems, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) "e" or (2) "er" string in the second argument (aka mode), possibly related to the _fdopen function in the Microsoft C runtime library. NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries except in rare cases in which the mode argument is accessible to an attacker outside of an application that uses the popen function.
2009-09-22T10:30:00.827
2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Deferred
CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | php | php | < 5.2.11 | Yes |
Application | php | php | < 5.3.1 | Yes |
Operating System | microsoft | windows_7 | * | No |
Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | * | No |
Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | No |