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CVE-2017-9841

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.8

Description

Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php in PHPUnit before 4.8.28 and 5.x before 5.6.3 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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published6/27/2017

Last Modified4/21/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorPHPUnit

ProductPHPUnit

Vulnerability NamePHPUnit Command Injection Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-02-15

Remediation Due Date2022-08-15

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

oracle:communications_diameter_signaling_routerphpunit_project:phpunit

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94CWE-94

References

http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-9841(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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