CVE-2006-4625

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-09-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP 4.x up to 4.4.4 and PHP 5 up to 5.1.6 allows local users to bypass certain Apache HTTP Server httpd.conf options, such as safe_mode and open_basedir, via the ini_restore function, which resets the values to their php.ini (Master Value) defaults.

Affected products

PHP: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.1-patch1, 4.0.1-patch2, 4.0.2, 4.0.3 (+48)

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056506
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01086137
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Oct/0002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22282
http://secunia.com/advisories/22331
http://secunia.com/advisories/22338
http://secunia.com/advisories/22424
http://secunia.com/advisories/25423
http://secunia.com/advisories/25850
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/42
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1519
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:185

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