CVE-2018-15132

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in ext/standard/link_win32.c in PHP before 5.6.37, 7.0.x before 7.0.31, 7.1.x before 7.1.20, and 7.2.x before 7.2.8. The linkinfo function on Windows doesn't implement the open_basedir check. This could be abused to find files on paths outside of the allowed directories.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.50% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181107-0003/ third party advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-12 third party advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php vendor advisory
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/f151e048ed27f6f4eef729f3310d053ab5da71d4 third party advisory patch
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76459 vendor advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-15132?
CVE-2018-15132 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-15132?
To fix CVE-2018-15132, 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-2018-15132 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-15132 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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