CVE-2007-5900

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

PHP before 5.2.5 allows local users to bypass protection mechanisms configured through php_admin_value or php_admin_flag in httpd.conf by using ini_set to modify arbitrary configuration variables, a different issue than CVE-2006-4625.

Affected products

PHP: through 5.2.4

References

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41561
http://secunia.com/advisories/27648
http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41561
http://secunia.com/advisories/27648

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