Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2001-1247
Published: June 25, 2012 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110547
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2001-1247
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 read and manipulate data.
PHP 4.0.4pl1 and 4.0.5 in safe mode allows remote attackers to read and write files owned by the web server UID by uploading a PHP script that uses the error_log function to access the files.
Affected software
PHP
How to mitigate CVE-2001-1247
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - update to 4.0.6