CVE-2012-2335 (GCVE-0-2012-2335)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-11 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
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Summary
php-wrapper.fcgi does not properly handle command-line arguments, which allows remote attackers to bypass a protection mechanism in PHP 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 and execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the PHP sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c component and a query string beginning with a +- sequence.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2012-05-06 00:00
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