CVE-2012-3363
CRITICALEPSS 99th pctlDescription
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 v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
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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