CVE-2013-1427

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The configuration file for the FastCGI PHP support for lighttpd before 1.4.28 on Debian GNU/Linux creates a socket file with a predictable name in /tmp, which allows local users to hijack the PHP control socket and perform unauthorized actions such as forcing the use of a different version of PHP via a symlink attack or a race condition.

Affected products

lighttpd: through 1.4.27; 1.3.16, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7 (+17)

References

http://osvdb.org/91462
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2649
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82897
http://osvdb.org/91462
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2649
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82897

Get alerted when CVE-2013-1427 or the next vulnerability affects your stack