CVE-2002-2029

published 2002-12-31

CVE-2002-2029: PHP, when installed on Windows with Apache and ScriptAlias for /php/ set to c:/php/, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly execute…

Priority P3 39 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

PHP, when installed on Windows with Apache and ScriptAlias for /php/ set to c:/php/, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary programs via an HTTP request for php.exe with a filename in the query string.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apache	http_server	—	—
apache	http_server	—	—
apache	http_server	—	—
apache	http_server	—	—
apache	http_server	—	—
apache	http_server	—	—
apache	http_server	—	—
apache	http_server	—	—
apache	http_server	—	—
apache	http_server	—	—

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

url http://[targethost]/php/php.exe?c:\[filepath]↗

path /php/php.exe↗

filename php.exe↗

• → Detect HTTP GET requests targeting /php/php.exe with a query string containing a file path (e.g., drive-letter colon backslash pattern), indicating attempted arbitrary file read via CVE-2002-2029. ↗
• → Monitor for requests to php.exe that include Windows-style absolute paths (e.g., 'c:\') in the query string, which may also indicate attempts to execute programs in the PHP directory. ↗

• · Vulnerability is specific to PHP installed on Windows with Apache where ScriptAlias maps /php/ to c:/php/, exposing php.exe directly via HTTP. ↗
• · Exploitation requires the default/suggested Apache ScriptAlias configuration for the PHP binary on Windows; non-default or hardened configurations may not be affected. ↗

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