01 Record
CVE-2008-5625
PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not enforce the error_log safe_mode restrictions when safe_mode is enabled through a php_admin_flag setting in httpd.conf, which allows context-dependent attackers to write to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not enforce the error_log safe_mode restrictions when safe_mode is enabled through a php_admin_flag setting in httpd.conf, which allows context-dependent attackers to write to
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
- 7.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.3% 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
- ac80dd05186fb6f4ddde9b78dc0fc717c7dfe960d122fc711223a3d3e2257f2e
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
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphp-error-safemode-bypass(47314)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47314
- www.securityfocus.com32383http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32383
- securityreason.com20081120 PHP 5.2.6 (error_log) safe_mode bypasshttp://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/57
- osvdb.org52205http://osvdb.org/52205
- 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
- archives.neohapsis.com20081120 SecurityReason : PHP 5.2.6 (error_log) safe_mode bypasshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0152.html
- www.exploit-db.com7171https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7171
- secunia.com35650http://secunia.com/advisories/35650