CVE-2003-0863

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0863
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe php_check_safe_mode_include_dir function in fopen_wrappers.c of PHP 4.3.x returns a success value (0) when the safe_mode_include_dir variable is not specified in configuration, which differs from the previous failure value and may allow remote attackers to exploit file include vulnerabilities in PHP applications.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php 4.3.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'PHP safe mode broken?' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-06-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. The PHP packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 contain a backported patch to address this issue since release. The issue was fixed upstream in PHP 4.3.3. The PHP packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 are based on fixed upstream versions.

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