CVE-2007-4850

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

curl/interface.c in the cURL library (aka libcurl) in PHP 5.2.4 and 5.2.5 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions and read arbitrary files via a file:// request containing a \x00 sequence, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-2563.

Affected products

PHP: 5.2.4, 5.2.5

References

http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/NEWS?revision=1.2027.2.547.2.1047&view=markup
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059849.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30048
http://secunia.com/advisories/30411
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/51
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3562
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

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