Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP



| Updated: 2025-06-12
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2007-5128
CVE-2007-1401
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available.
Vulnerable software
 PHP
Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages

Vendor PHP Group

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU110359

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2007-5128

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

SimpNews 2.41.03 on Windows, when PHP before 5.0.0 is used, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an certain link_date parameter to events.php, which reveals the path in an error message due to an unsupported argument type for the mktime function on Windows.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

PHP: 5.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791
https://securityreason.com/securityalert/3174
https://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0068
https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480588/100/0/threaded


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU110445

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1401

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

Buffer overflow in the crack extension (CrackLib), as bundled with PHP 4.4.6 and other versions before 5.0.0, might allow local users to gain privileges via a long argument to the crack_opendict function.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

PHP: 5.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://retrogod.altervista.org/php_446_crack_opendict_local_bof.html
https://securityreason.com/securityalert/2405
https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462226/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3431


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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