CVE-2008-5624
Apache PHP Safe Mode Bypass Vulnerability
Description
PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not properly initialize the page_uid and page_gid global variables for use by the SAPI php_getuid function, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions via variable settings that are intended to be restricted to root, as demonstrated by a setting of /etc for the error_log variable.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 17, 2008, 5:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/50483 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/52207 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35003 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 Added Reference http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/59 Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045 Added Reference http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498985/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32688 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47318 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498985/100/0/threaded [Exploit] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498985/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47318 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47318 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 17, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-5624 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-5624
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.73 }} -2.51%
score
0.84662
percentile