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CVE-2007-1710

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-03-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The readfile function in PHP 4.4.4, 5.1.6, and 5.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions and read arbitrary files by referring to local files with a certain URL syntax instead of a pathname syntax, as demonstrated by a filename preceded a "php://../../" sequence.

Affected products

• PHP: 4.4.4, 5.1.6, 5.2.1

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://secunia.com/advisories/25423
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25850
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1991
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2374
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3573
• 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://secunia.com/advisories/25423
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25850
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1991

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