9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2015-4603
Apache PHP Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

The exception::getTraceAsString function in Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type, related to a "type confusion" issue.

INFO

Published Date :

May 16, 2016, 10:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 22, 2019, 5:48 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-4603 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-4603 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node
7 Redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus
1 Php php

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 8 years, 9 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 18, 2015, 12:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

Php Codz Hacking

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
655 stars 175 fork 175 watcher
Born at : Feb. 16, 2015, 7:24 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-4603 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-4603 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032709 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1186.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1187.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75252
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    May. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Translation La función exception::getTraceAsString en Zend/zend_exceptions.c en PHP en versiones anteriores a 5.4.40, 5.5.x en versiones anteriores a 5.5.24 y 5.6.x en versiones anteriores a 5.6.8 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un tipo de dato no esperado, relacionado con un caso "confusión de tipo" .
    Added Translation La función exception::getTraceAsString en Zend/zend_exceptions.c en PHP en versiones anteriores a 5.4.40, 5.5.x en versiones anteriores a 5.5.24 y 5.6.x en versiones anteriores a 5.6.8 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un tipo de dato no esperado, relacionado con un caso "type confusion" .
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/843.html">Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')</a>
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69152 No Types Assigned https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69152 Exploit
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-4603 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-4603 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

12.11 }} 3.18%

score

0.94604

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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