Vigil@nce - PHP: privilege escalation via /proc/self/mem
June 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: PHP.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights.
Provenance: user account.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 21/05/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can change the interpreter configuration by writing to
its memory via /proc/self/mem of PHP, in order to escalate his
privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/PHP-privilege-escalation-via-proc-self-mem-29367