Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2007-1461
Published: July 13, 2011 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110440
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1461
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The compress.bzip2:// URL wrapper provided by the bz2 extension in PHP before 4.4.7, and 5.x before 5.2.2, does not implement safemode or open_basedir checks, which allows remote attackers to read bzip2 archives located outside of the intended directories.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-1461
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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-21-2007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22954
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732