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CVE-2017-9841

Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php in PHPUnit before 4.8.28 and 5.x before 5.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via HTTP POST data beginning with a "<?php " substring, as demonstrated by an attack on a site with an exposed /vendor folder, i.e., external access to the /vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php URI.

Published

2017-06-27T17:29:00.177

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94
Type: Secondary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	phpunit_project	phpunit	≤ 4.8.27	Yes
Application	phpunit_project	phpunit	< 5.6.3	Yes
Application	oracle	communications_diameter_signaling_router	≤ 8.5.0	Yes

References

http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)