#VU110335 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2008-5625
Published: October 11, 2018 / Updated: June 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110335
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5625
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group
PHP Group
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not enforce the error_log safe_mode restrictions when safe_mode is enabled through a php_admin_flag setting in httpd.conf, which allows context-dependent attackers to write to arbitrary files by placing a "php_value error_log" entry in a .htaccess file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0152.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/52205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/57
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32383
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47314
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7171