CVE-2017-9841: PHPUnit Command Injection Vulnerability
First published: Sun Nov 13 2016(Updated: )
PHPUnit 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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| composer/phpunit/phpunit | >=5.0.10<5.6.3>=4.8.19<4.8.28 | |
| Phpunit Project Phpunit | <=4.8.27 | |
| Phpunit Project Phpunit | >=5.0.0<5.6.3 | |
| Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router | >=8.0.0<=8.5.0 | |
| PHPUnit unit testing framework | ||
| Apache HTTP server | ||
| Laravel web application framework | ||
| composer/phpunit/phpunit | >=5.0.10<5.6.3 | 5.6.3 |
| composer/phpunit/phpunit | >=4.8.19<4.8.28 | 4.8.28 |
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Reference Links
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9841
- http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812
- https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5
- https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-androxgh0st-malware-botnet-steals-aws-microsoft-credentials/
- https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/17/fbi_botnet_warning/
- https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1955
- https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/3aaddb1c5bd9b9b8d070b4cf120e71c36fd08412
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpunit/phpunit/CVE-2017-9841.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r7c9-c69m-rph8 (Advisory)
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