CVE-2002-0229

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Safe Mode feature (safe_mode) in PHP 3.0 through 4.1.0 allows attackers with access to the MySQL database to bypass Safe Mode access restrictions and read arbitrary files using "LOAD DATA INFILE LOCAL" SQL statements.

Affected products

PHP: 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5 (+18)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101286577109716&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101304702002321&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101285016125377&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101303065423534&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101303819613337&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8105.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4026
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101286577109716&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101304702002321&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101285016125377&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101303065423534&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101303819613337&w=2

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