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CVE-2008-5625 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0152.html	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2	CVE
http://osvdb.org/52205	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650	CVE
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/57	CVE	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47314	CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7171	CVE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045	CVE
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32383	CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0152.html	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/52205	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650	[email protected]
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/57	[email protected]	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47314	[email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7171	[email protected]
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045	[email protected]
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32383	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
php php	<= 5.2.6 5.0.0 5.0.0 beta1 5.0.0 beta2 5.0.0 beta3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:php:php:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

php php

<= 5.2.6

5.0.0

5.0.0 beta1

5.0.0 beta2

5.0.0 beta3

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 17, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]