CVE-2009-4017
PHP < 5.2.12 and 5.3.x < 5.3.1 - Denial of Service via Multipart Form Data Temporary File Exhaustion
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-4017. PoCs published by Eren.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit causes a denial of service (DoS) on PHP servers by exhausting temporary files through multipart/form-data requests. It targets PHP versions before 5.3.1 and unpatched 5.2.11 by sending a large number of requests with excessive form data.
Description
PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 does not restrict the number of temporary files created when handling a multipart/form-data POST request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion), and makes it easier for remote attackers to exploit local file inclusion vulnerabilities, via multiple requests, related to lack of support for the max_file_uploads directive.
Exploits (1)
This exploit causes a denial of service (DoS) on PHP servers by exhausting temporary files through multipart/form-data requests. It targets PHP versions before 5.3.1 and unpatched 5.2.11 by sending a large number of requests with excessive form data.