CVE-2007-4825

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-09-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in the dl function.

Affected products

PHP: through 5.2.3

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
http://osvdb.org/45902
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3119
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478985/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478988/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478989/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36528

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