Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-9841

RCE CISA KEV Active

Title: Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-9841

CWE Category CWE-94
Published Date Jun 27, 2017
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
100.00%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-9841: 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.

Impacted Vendors

P
phpunit_project 1
O
oracle 1

Reference Links

http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812 https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5 https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812 https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5 https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-9841
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2017-9841 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50702
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.