CVE-2015-5243

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-5243
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-20T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-06-26T12:48:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-94 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:phpwhois_project:phpwhois:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.2.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5243
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5243
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:49:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:20:12 2018-08-20T21:29Z 2018-08-20T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:20:13 2019-06-26T12:48:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:20:13 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated