CVE-2005-3390

Description

The RFC1867 file upload feature in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify the GLOBALS array and bypass security protections of PHP applications via a multipart/form-data POST request with a "GLOBALS" fileupload field.

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 65.19% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory fedoralegacy.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory openpkg.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory hardened-php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21252 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22691 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:213 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-831.html vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-037.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/18198 third party advisory
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00786522 vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/132 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18054 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2254 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415290/30/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/17559 third party advisory
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-28-FLSA_2005_166943__Updated_php_packages_fix_security_issues.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10537 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15250 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/17371 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4320 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17490 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419504/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.php.net/release_4_4_1.php patch
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_202005.79.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015129 vdb entry
http://www.hardened-php.net/globals-problem
http://secunia.com/advisories/17510 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17531 third party advisory
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.027-php.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18669 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17557 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-08.xml vendor advisory
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-232-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-838.html vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3390?
CVE-2005-3390 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3390?
To fix CVE-2005-3390, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3390 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-3390 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~65% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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