01 Record
CVE-2008-5624
PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not properly initialize the page_uid and page_gid global variables for use by the SAPI php_getuid function, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not properly initialize the page_uid and page_gid global variables for use by the SAPI php_getuid function, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-17 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 52b732d3c1b011a9912ccb1a6ad5e0f0c30d462176144b1d94abe8f4703d56ba
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.infoHPSBUX02465http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- marc.infoSSRT090085http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xslhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphp-getuid-safemode-bypass(47318)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47318
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- www.securityfocus.com32688http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32688
- secunia.com35003http://secunia.com/advisories/35003
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:045http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
- osvdb.org50483http://osvdb.org/50483
- securityreason.com20081205 PHP 5.2.6 SAPI php_getuid() overloadhttp://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/59
- osvdb.org52207http://osvdb.org/52207
- www.securityfocus.com20081206 SecurityReason: PHP 5.2.6 SAPI php_getuid() overloadhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498985/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com35650http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- www.debian.orgDSA-1789http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789