CVE-2007-0448

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

The fopen function in PHP 5.2.0 does not properly handle invalid URI handlers, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions and read arbitrary files via a file path specified with an invalid URI, as demonstrated via the srpath URI.

The fopen function in PHP 5.2.0 does not properly handle invalid URI handlers, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions and read arbitrary files via a file path specified with an invalid URI, as demonstrated via the srpath URI.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 17 years ago

2007-05-24 18:30:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-11 00:49:00

Affected Software

PHP 5.2.0

5.2.0

References

20070125 PHP 5.2.0 safe_mode bypass (by Writing Mode)

Exploit

2175

22261

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