CVE-2012-2336

Apache + PHP < 5.3.12 / < 5.4.2 - cgi-bin Remote Code Execution

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.13 and 5.4.x before 5.4.3, when configured as a CGI script (aka php-cgi), does not properly handle query strings that lack an = (equals sign) character, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by placing command-line options in the query string, related to lack of skipping a certain php_getopt for the 'T' case. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1823.

sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c de PHP anteriores a 5.3.13 y 5.4.x anteriores 5.4.3, si está configurado como script CGI (php-cgi), no maneja apropiadamente las cadenas de texto que no tienen un caracter = (signo de igualdad), lo que permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de recursos) colocando opciones de línea de comandos en esta cadena. Relacionada con la falta de supresión de una php_getopt determinado para el caso 'T'. NOTA: esta vulnerabilidad existe por una solución incompleta de CVE-2012-1823.

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified with HP System Management Homepage (SMH) running on Linux and Windows. The vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely resulting in Local Denial of Service (DoS), remote Denial of Service (DoS), execution of arbitrary code, gain privileges, disclosure of information, unauthorized access, or XSS. Revision 1 of this advisory.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-04-19 CVE Reserved
2012-05-04 First Exploit
2012-05-11 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-04-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.4.3	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug_id=61910&patch=CVE-2012-1823.patch&revision=1336251592&display=1	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29290	2013-10-29
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29316	2013-10-31
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18836	2012-05-05
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18834	2012-05-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00004.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html	2023-11-07
http://secunia.com/advisories/49014	2023-11-07
http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-08-1	2023-11-07
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61910	2023-11-07
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2336	2012-06-27
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820708	2012-06-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				<= 5.3.12 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version " <= 5.3.12"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				1.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "1.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				2.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				2.0b10 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "2.0b10"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.6 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.6"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.7 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.7"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.8 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.8"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.9 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.9"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.10 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.10"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.11 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.11"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.12 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.12"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.13 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.13"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.14 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.14"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.15 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.15"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.16 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.16"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.17 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.17"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				3.0.18 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "3.0.18"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0"		beta_4_patch1		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0"		beta1		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0"		beta2		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0"		beta3		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0"		beta4		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0.6 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0.6"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.0.7 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.0.7"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.1.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.1.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.1.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.1.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.1.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.1.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.2.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.2.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.2.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.2.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.2.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.2.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.2.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.2.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.6 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.6"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.7 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.7"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.8 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.8"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.9 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.9"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.10 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.10"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.3.11 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.3.11"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.6 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.6"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.7 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.7"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.8 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.8"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				4.4.9 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "4.4.9"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.0"		beta1		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.0"		beta2		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.0"		beta3		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.0"		beta4		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.0"		rc1		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.0"		rc2		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.0"		rc3		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.0.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.0.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.1.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.1.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.1.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.1.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.1.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.1.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.1.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.1.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.1.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.1.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.1.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.1.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.1.6 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.1.6"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.6 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.6"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.7 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.7"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.8 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.8"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.9 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.9"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.10 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.10"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.11 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.11"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.12 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.12"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.13 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.13"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.14 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.14"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.15 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.15"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.16 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.16"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.2.17 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.2.17"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.2"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.3 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.3"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.4 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.4"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.5 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.5"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.6 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.6"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.7 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.7"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.8 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.8"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.9 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.9"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.10 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.10"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.3.11 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.3.11"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.4.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.4.0"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.4.0 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.4.0"		beta2		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.4.1 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.4.1"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				5.4.2 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version "5.4.2"		-		Affected