Vulnerability CVE-2007-3378

Vulnerability CVE-2007-3378

Published: 2007-06-29 Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:

The (1) session_save_path, (2) ini_set, and (3) error_log functions in PHP 4.4.7 and earlier, and PHP 5 5.2.3 and earlier, when invoked from a .htaccess file, allow remote attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions and possibly execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using (a) php_value, (b) php_flag, and (c) directives in .htaccess.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

	Topic	Author	Date
High	PHP 5.2.3, htaccess safemode and open_basedir Bypass PoC	Maksymilian Arci...	27.06.2007
High	PHP 5.2.3 PHP 4.4.7 htaccess safemode and open_basedir bypass	Maksymilian Arci...	27.06.2007
Med.	PHP 5.2.4 mail.force_extra_parameters unsecure	Maksymilian Arci...	25.11.2007

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10	6.4/10	8.6/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Medium	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Partial	Partial	Partial

Affected software
PHP -> PHP

References:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01345501

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html

http://securityreason.com/achievement_exploitalert/9

http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/45

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2831

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3389

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5

http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php

http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php

http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472343/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24661

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25498

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0398

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35102

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39403

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6056

Vulnerability CVE-2007-3378

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

High

PHP 5.2.3, htaccess safemode and open_basedir Bypass PoC

High

PHP 5.2.3 PHP 4.4.7 htaccess safemode and open_basedir bypass

Med.

PHP 5.2.4 mail.force_extra_parameters unsecure

CWE-264

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

6.8/10

6.4/10

8.6/10

Remote

Medium

No required

Partial

Partial

Partial

Affected software

References: