#VU16140 Code Injection in PHP - CVE-2015-8835 

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#VU16140 Code Injection in PHP - CVE-2015-8835

Published: November 28, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16140
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8835
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in make_http_soap_request() function within the "ext/soap/php_http.c" PHP SOAP extension when retrieving keys. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted serialized data that represent a numerically indexed _cookies array, related to the SoapClient::__call method in ext/soap/soap.c and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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