CVE-2002-0953

published 2002-10-04

CVE-2002-0953: globals.php in PHP Address before 0.2f, with the PHP allow_url_fopen and register_globals variables enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP…

Priority P2 67 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

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

ITW EXPLOIT VulnCheck KEV

globals.php in PHP Address before 0.2f, with the PHP allow_url_fopen and register_globals variables enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL to the code in the LangCookie parameter.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
php_address	php_address	—	—

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

path /globals.php3?LangCookie=http://MYSERVER/x↗

snort

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET WEB_SERVER PHP Possible data Remote File Inclusion Attempt"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:".php?"; content:"=data|3a|//"; reference:cve,2002-0953; reference:url,diablohorn.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/interesting-local-file-inclusion-method/; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2013003; rev:5; metadata:created_at 2011_06_10, cve CVE_2002_0953, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2020_04_20, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application;)

snort

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET WEB_SERVER PHP Possible https Local File Inclusion Attempt"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:".php?"; content:"=https|3a|//"; reference:cve,2002-0953; reference:url,diablohorn.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/interesting-local-file-inclusion-method/; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2012998; rev:5; metadata:affected_product Web_Server_Applications, attack_target Server, created_at 2011_06_10, cve CVE_2002_0953, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, deployment Datacenter, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Local_File_Inclusion, tag Exploit, tag LFI, tag RFI, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2020_04_20, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application; target:dest_ip;)

snort

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET WEB_SERVER PHP Possible ftps Local File Inclusion Attempt"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:".php?"; content:"=ftps|3a|//"; reference:cve,2002-0953; reference:url,diablohorn.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/interesting-local-file-inclusion-method/; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2013000; rev:5; metadata:affected_product Web_Server_Applications, attack_target Server, created_at 2011_06_10, cve CVE_2002_0953, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, deployment Datacenter, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Local_File_Inclusion, tag Exploit, tag LFI, tag RFI, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2020_04_20, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application; target:dest_ip;)

snort

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET WEB_SERVER PHP Possible file Remote File Inclusion Attempt"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:".php?"; content:"=file|3a|//"; reference:cve,2002-0953; reference:url,diablohorn.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/interesting-local-file-inclusion-method/; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2013002; rev:6; metadata:created_at 2011_06_10, cve CVE_2002_0953, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2020_04_20, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application;)

snort

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (msg:"ET WEB_SERVER Generic PHP Remote File Include"; flow:established,to_server; http.method; content:"POST"; http.uri; content:"allow_url_include"; http.uri.raw; content:"php|3a 2f 2f|input"; http.request_body; content:"<?php"; fast_pattern; reference:cve,2002-0953; reference:cve,2024-4577; classtype:attempted-user; sid:2019957; rev:6; metadata:affected_product Any, attack_target Server, created_at 2014_12_17, deployment Datacenter, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Remote_File_Include, updated_at 2024_06_10, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application;)

• → The vulnerable parameter is `LangCookie` in `globals.php` (also named `globals.php3`). Monitor HTTP requests to this file where `LangCookie` is set to a remote URL (http://, https://, ftp://, ftps://, file://, data://). ↗
• → The exploit targets `globals.php3` (note the `.php3` extension) with the `LangCookie` parameter pointing to an attacker-controlled server. Alert on GET requests to `globals.php3` containing `LangCookie=http://`. ↗
• → Generic PHP RFI via POST: detect requests where the URI contains `allow_url_include` and the raw URI contains `php://input`, with a request body starting with `<?php`. This pattern covers weaponized RFI payloads.
• → Detect RFI attempts using the `data://` wrapper in PHP parameters: look for `.php?` followed by `=data://` in the URI.
• → Detect RFI/LFI attempts using the `file://` wrapper: look for `.php?` followed by `=file://` in the URI.
• → Detect LFI/RFI attempts using the `https://` wrapper: look for `.php?` followed by `=https://` in the URI.
• → Detect LFI/RFI attempts using the `ftps://` wrapper: look for `.php?` followed by `=ftps://` in the URI.

• · The vulnerability is only exploitable when BOTH `allow_url_fopen` AND `register_globals` are enabled in the PHP configuration. Disabling either setting mitigates the attack. ↗

CVSS provenance

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

vulncheck 7.5 HIGH

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