Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2007-1460
Published: May 24, 2011 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110439
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1460
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The zip:// URL wrapper provided by the PECL zip extension in PHP before 4.4.7, and 5.2.0 and 5.2.1, does not implement safemode or open_basedir checks, which allows remote attackers to read ZIP archives located outside of the intended directories.
Affected software
PHP
How to mitigate CVE-2007-1460
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - addressed in versions 4.4.6, 4.10, 5.2.2
External References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
- http://us2.php.net/releases/4_4_7.php
- http://us2.php.net/releases/5_2_2.php
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_32_php.html
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-20-2007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22954
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732