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ubuntu-cve-2017-9841

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-06-27 17:29

Modified

2025-07-18 16:44

Summary

Details

Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php in PHPUnit before 4.8.28 and 5.x before 5.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via HTTP POST data beginning with a "<?php " substring, as demonstrated by an attack on a site with an exposed /vendor folder, i.e., external access to the /vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php URI.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      high

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9841	REPORT
	http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/	REPORT
	https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/comm…	REPORT
	https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9841	REPORT
	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7171-1	ADVISORY

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CVE-2017-9841 (GCVE-0-2017-9841)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-27 17:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

mitre

References

8 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/comm…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956	x_refsource_MISC
http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Date Public

2017-06-27 00:00

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usn-7171-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2024-12-18 13:05

Modified

2026-06-25 10:46

Summary

phpunit vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that PHPUnit incorrectly handled web requests if exposed to the internet. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achive remote code execution or obtain sensitive information.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7171-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9841	REPORT

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.

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ubuntu-cve-2017-9841

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-9841 (GCVE-0-2017-9841)

usn-7171-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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