CVE-2008-5625

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not enforce the error_log safe_mode restrictions when safe_mode is enabled through a php_admin_flag setting in httpd.conf, which allows context-dependent attackers to write to arbitrary files by placing a "php_value error_log" entry in a .htaccess file.

Affected products

PHP: through 5.2.6; 5.0.0, 5.0.0-beta1, 5.0.0-beta2, 5.0.0-beta3, 5.0.0-beta4, 5.0.0-rc1 (+20)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0152.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
http://osvdb.org/52205
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/57
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32383
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47314

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