Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2007-5900
Published: October 15, 2018 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110355
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-5900
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
PHP before 5.2.5 allows local users to bypass protection mechanisms configured through php_admin_value or php_admin_flag in httpd.conf by using ini_set to modify arbitrary configuration variables, a different issue than CVE-2006-4625.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-5900
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41561
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943