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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-jpm9-86g2-j2gx",
  "modified": "2025-04-11T03:57:51Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:49:26Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-1172"
  ],
  "details": "The file-upload implementation in rfc1867.c in PHP before 5.4.0 does not properly handle invalid [ (open square bracket) characters in name values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malformed $_FILES indexes) or conduct directory traversal attacks during multi-file uploads by leveraging a script that lacks its own filename restrictions.",
  "severity": [],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1172"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48597"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49683"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54374"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55500"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nealpoole.com/blog/2011/10/directory-traversal-via-php-multi-file-uploads"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~ai292615/php_multipleupload_overwrite.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://isisblogs.poly.edu/2011/08/11/php-not-properly-checking-params"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080037.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080041.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080070.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00007.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00011.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134012830914727&w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/13/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_4/main/rfc1867.c?r1=321664&r2=321663&pathrev=321664"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=321664"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2465"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.4.0"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-05-24T00:55:00Z"
  }
}