CVE-2015-8994 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting PHP 5.x and 7.x when using apache2handler/mod_php or php-fpm with OpCache enabled. It allows a low-privileged attacker to bypass file permissions and access or execute other users' PHP scripts by exploiting shared memory in common hosting configurations. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with high attack complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, <= 5.6.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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