In PHP versions 7.3.x up to and including 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.25 and 8.0.x below 8.0.12, when running PHP FPM SAPI with main FPM daemon process running as root and child worker processes running as lower-privileged users, it is possible for the child processes to access memory shared with the main process and write to it, modifying it in a way that would cause the root process to conduct invalid memory reads and writes, which can be used to escalate privileges from local unprivileged user to the root user.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: php

Published: 2021-10-25T05:40:08.576727Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:02:55.020Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-21703

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-25T06:15:06.563

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:30:04.983

Link: CVE-2021-21703

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-10-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-21703 - Bugzilla