CVE-2007-1710

Severity

43%

Complexity

31%

Confidentiality

106%

The readfile function in PHP 4.4.4, 5.1.6, and 5.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions and read arbitrary files by referring to local files with a certain URL syntax instead of a pathname syntax, as demonstrated by a filename preceded a "php://../../" sequence.

The readfile function in PHP 4.4.4, 5.1.6, and 5.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions and read arbitrary files by referring to local files with a certain URL syntax instead of a pathname syntax, as demonstrated by a filename preceded a "php://../../" sequence.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

PHP

First reported 17 years ago

2007-03-27 01:19:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:31:00

Affected Software

PHP PHP 4.4.4

4.4.4

PHP PHP 5.1.6

5.1.6

PHP 5.2.1

5.2.1

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