CVE-2018-17057

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-17057
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-14 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-26 16:38:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.2.22. Attackers can trigger deserialization of arbitrary data via the phar:// wrapper.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Limesurvey Limesurvey All All All All
Application Limesurvey Limesurvey All All All All
Application Tecnick Tcpdf All All All All
Application Tecnick Tcpdf All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LimeSurvey Deserialization Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Fix for security vulnerability: Using the phar:// wrapper it was poss… · tecnickcom/TCPDF@1861e33 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
TCPDF 6.2.19 Deserialization / Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
LimeSurvey < 3.16 - Remote Code Execution - PHP webapps Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security] Fixed issue #14670 : update tcpdf to 6.2.25 · LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey@1cdd78d · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: CVE-2018-17057: phar deserialization in TCPDF might lead to RCE FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Arbitrary code execution in TCPDF - Contao Open Source CMS MISC contao.org Third Party Advisory
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