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CVE-2018-1000888: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

December 28, 2018 (updated March 5, 2019)

There are several file operations with $v_header['filename'] as parameter (such as file_exists, is_file, is_dir, etc). When extract is called without a specific prefix path, we can trigger unserialization by crafting a tar file with phar://[path_to_malicious_phar_file] as path. Object injection can be used to trigger destruct in the loaded PHP classes, e.g. the Archive_Tar class itself. With Archive_Tar object injection, arbitrary file deletion can occur because @unlink($this->_temp_tarname) is called. If another class with useful gadget is loaded, it may possible to cause remote code execution that can result in files being deleted or possibly modified.

References

  • pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=23782

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.4.4

Fixed versions

  • 1.4.4

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.4 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Source file

packagist/pear/archive_tar/CVE-2018-1000888.yml

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