CVE-2002-0081

published 2002-03-08

CVE-2002-0081: Buffer overflows in (1) php_mime_split in PHP 4.1.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.6 and earlier, and (2) php3_mime_split in PHP 3.0.x allows remote attackers to execute…

Priority P3 46 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

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

Buffer overflows in (1) php_mime_split in PHP 4.1.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.6 and earlier, and (2) php3_mime_split in PHP 3.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a multipart/form-data HTTP POST request when file_uploads is enabled.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
php	php	—	—
php	php	—	—
php	php	—	—
php	php	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Exploit is delivered via a multipart/form-data HTTP POST request; inspect POST requests with Content-Type: multipart/form-data targeting PHP endpoints for oversized or malformed MIME boundary fields ↗
• → Vulnerable code paths are php_mime_split (PHP 4.x) and php3_mime_split (PHP 3.0.x); look for crashes or anomalous behaviour in these functions during MIME parsing ↗
• → Attack surface is only present when file_uploads is enabled in php.ini; audit PHP configurations for file_uploads = On as a prerequisite indicator ↗

• · The vulnerability is only exploitable when the file_uploads directive is enabled in the PHP configuration; systems with file_uploads disabled are not affected ↗
• · Affected versions are PHP 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.0.6 and earlier (php_mime_split), and PHP 3.0.x (php3_mime_split); version identification is necessary to scope detection ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_redhat 7.5 HIGH

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