CVE-2014-4721
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-4721 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | debian |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-07-06 23:55:02 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| Description | The phpinfo implementation in ext/standard/info.c in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.x before 5.5.14 does not ensure use of the string data type for the PHP_AUTH_PW, PHP_AUTH_TYPE, PHP_AUTH_USER, and PHP_SELF variables, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by using the integer data type with crafted values, related to a "type confusion" vulnerability, as demonstrated by reading a private SSL key in an Apache HTTP Server web-hosting environment with mod_ssl and a PHP 5.3.x mod_php. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
HighAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
NoneAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP 5.2 open source component for IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security (CVE-2014-3515 CVE-2014-4049 CVE-2014-3981 CVE-2014-0238 CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-4721, CVE-2014-4670 CVE-2014-4698) - United States | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www-01.ibm.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Michele Spagnuolo on Twitter: "@i0n1c Is that simply because it’s not remotely exploitable? According to PHP devs, executing PHP code = executing arbitrary code." | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | twitter.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| phpinfo() Type Confusion Infoleak Vulnerability and SSL Private Keys | SektionEins GmbH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.sektioneins.de | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2014:1236-1: moderate: several security fixes for php5 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.php.net | Vendor Advisory |
| Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2014:0945-1: moderate: php5: security fixes | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2974-1 php5 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA54553 - SUSE update for php5 - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| PHP :: Sec Bug #67498 :: phpinfo() Type Confusion Information Leak Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.php.net | Vendor Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.