CVE DATABASE / CVE-2012-3363
CVE-2012-3363
CVSS 9.1 · CRITICAL
Summary
Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an external entity reference in a DOCTYPE element in an XML-RPC request, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 9.1 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | NONE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Zend zend frameworkFedoraproject fedoraDebian debian linux
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References
- http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34284
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101310.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101358.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/25/2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2505
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027208
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=225345
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120626-0_zend_framework_xxe_injection.txt
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