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CVE-2008-5625

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
17/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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 arbitrary files by placing a "php_value error_log" entry in a .htaccess file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.2.6 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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