CVE-2007-3007

Description

PHP 5 before 5.2.3 does not enforce the open_basedir or safe_mode restriction in certain cases, which allows context-dependent attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by checking if the readfile function returns a string. NOTE: this issue might also involve the realpath function.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.25% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27110 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26048 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00397.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25456 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/ vendor advisory broken link
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_3.php vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24259 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/36084 vdb entry broken link
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41492 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-07/msg00006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-3007?
CVE-2007-3007 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-3007?
To fix CVE-2007-3007, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-3007 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-3007 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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