CVE-2012-0788 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PHP versions prior to 5.3.9, specifically within the PDORow implementation. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash applications, such as the Apache HTTP Server, by crafting requests that involve a PDO driver fetch followed by a session_start function call. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to an application crash. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, and with no active Metasploit or Nuclei exploits, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-36682) exists, indicating public exploit code availability, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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