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CVE-2012-1172

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1172 describes a vulnerability in PHP versions prior to 5.4.0, specifically within the rfc1867.c file-upload implementation. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or conduct directory traversal attacks during multi-file uploads by manipulating invalid characters in name values. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity and availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.3.10CPE 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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0636 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-39.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-13.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-14.el6_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1172Moderate

php: $_FILES array indexes corruption

Mar 1, 2012

References

isisblogs.poly.edu / 2011/08/11/php-not-properly-checking-params
Exploit
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080037.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080041.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080070.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00011.html
marc.info
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/13/4
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Exploit
bugs.php.net / bug.php
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Exploit
bugs.php.net / bug.php
nealpoole.com / blog/2011/10/directory-traversal-via-php-multi-file-uploads
Exploit
students.mimuw.edu.pl / ~ai292615/php_multipleupload_overwrite.pdf
Exploit
support.apple.com / kb/HT5501
svn.php.net / viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_4/main/rfc1867.c
Patch
svn.php.net / viewvc
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2465
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php