Symfony CVE-2012-5574 Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability

BID:56685

Info

Symfony CVE-2012-5574 Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 56685
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2012-5574
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 26 2012 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:13PM
Credit: Uli Hecht
Vulnerable: SensioLabs Symfony 1.4.19
SensioLabs Symfony 1.4.18
SensioLabs Symfony 1.4.17
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: SensioLabs Symfony 1.4.20

Discussion

Symfony CVE-2012-5574 Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability

Symfony is prone to an arbitrary file-access vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to read arbitrary files in the context of the web server process, which may aid in further attacks.

Symfony versions prior to 1.4.20 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Symfony CVE-2012-5574 Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability

An attacker can use a browser to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Symfony CVE-2012-5574 Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Symfony CVE-2012-5574 Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability

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