PHP Session Handling Local Session Hijacking Vulnerability

BID:14858

Info

PHP Session Handling Local Session Hijacking Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14858
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 16 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 16 2005 12:00AM
Credit: unknow (from uw-team) and adam_i are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: PHP PHP 4.4 .0
PHP PHP 4.3.11
PHP PHP 4.3.10
+ Gentoo Linux
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
+ Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
PHP PHP 4.3.9
PHP PHP 4.3.8
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
PHP PHP 4.3.7
PHP PHP 4.3.6
PHP PHP 4.3.5
PHP PHP 4.3.4
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
PHP PHP 4.3.3
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
+ Turbolinux Home
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
PHP PHP 4.3.2
PHP PHP 4.3.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
PHP PHP 4.3
PHP PHP 4.2.3
+ EnGarde Secure Linux 1.0.1
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
PHP PHP 4.2.2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
+ Gentoo Linux 1.2
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.1
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
+ Redhat Linux 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 8.1
PHP PHP 4.2.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
PHP PHP 4.2 .0
PHP PHP 4.2 -dev
PHP PHP 4.1.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
PHP PHP 4.1.1
PHP PHP 4.1 .0
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
+ SuSE Linux 8.0
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC3
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC2
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC1
PHP PHP 4.0.7
PHP PHP 4.0.6
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
- IBM AIX 4.3.3
- IBM AIX 4.3.2
- IBM AIX 4.3.1
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 5.1
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
+ Redhat Linux 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
+ Redhat Linux 7.0
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ 550
+ Sun LX50
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
+ SuSE Linux 7.3
+ SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
+ SuSE Linux 7.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
PHP PHP 4.0.5
PHP PHP 4.0.4
+ Compaq Compaq Secure Web Server PHP 1.0
+ Guardian Digital Engarde Secure Linux 1.0.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.2
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
+ SuSE Linux 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
+ SuSE Linux 7.0
PHP PHP 4.0.3 pl1
+ SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
+ SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
+ SuSE Linux 6.4
PHP PHP 4.0.3
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
+ Debian Linux 2.2 arm
+ Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
+ Debian Linux 2.2 68k
+ Debian Linux 2.2
+ Sun Cobalt Control Station 4100CS
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 Japanese 4000WGJ
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 Japanese w/ Caching and RAID 4100WGJ
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 Japanese w/Caching 4010WGJ
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 3500R
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR Japanese 3500R-ja
PHP PHP 4.0.2
PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl2
PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl1
PHP PHP 4.0.1
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 4000WG
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/ Caching and RAID 4100WG
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/Caching 4010WG
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 3001R
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 Japanese RAID 3100R-ja
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 RAID 3100R
PHP PHP 4.0 0
PHP PHP 3.0.18
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
+ Debian Linux 2.2 arm
+ Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
+ Debian Linux 2.2 68k
+ Debian Linux 2.2
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
+ Redhat Linux 6.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
PHP PHP 3.0.17
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
+ SuSE Linux 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
+ SuSE Linux 7.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
PHP PHP 3.0.16
PHP PHP 3.0.15
PHP PHP 3.0.14
PHP PHP 3.0.13
PHP PHP 3.0.12
PHP PHP 3.0.11
PHP PHP 3.0.10
PHP PHP 3.0.9
PHP PHP 3.0.8
PHP PHP 3.0.7
+ Sun 2800 Workgroup NTT/KOBE 2800WGJ-KOBE
PHP PHP 3.0.6
PHP PHP 3.0.5
PHP PHP 3.0.4
PHP PHP 3.0.3
PHP PHP 3.0.2
PHP PHP 3.0.1
PHP PHP 3.0 0
PHP PHP 3.0 .16
+ SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
+ SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
+ SuSE Linux 6.4
PHP PHP 3.0 .13
PHP PHP 3.0 .12
PHP PHP 3.0 .11
PHP PHP 3.0 .10
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP Session Handling Local Session Hijacking Vulnerability

PHP is prone to a vulnerability that permits local hijacking of session variables. The problem presents itself in the way PHP stores session variables.

This issue can be exploited to hijack the session variables of victim users of other PHP applications running on a system utilizing a vulnerable version of PHP.

This issue is reported to effect the 3.x and 4.x versions of PHP; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

PHP Session Handling Local Session Hijacking Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

PHP Session Handling Local Session Hijacking Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

PHP Session Handling Local Session Hijacking Vulnerability

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