CVE-2012-2335 (GCVE-0-2012-2335)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-11 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
VLAI
Summary
php-wrapper.fcgi does not properly handle command-line arguments, which allows remote attackers to bypass a protection mechanism in PHP 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 and execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the PHP sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c component and a query string beginning with a +- sequence.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1047 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-05-06 00:00
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      "product_status:known_not_affected": "600",
      "product_status:recommended": "606",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2012-2335",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2012-2335.json",
      "version": "13"
    }
  }
}



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