CVE-2007-5424
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-5424 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-10-12 23:17:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | The disable_functions feature in PHP 4 and 5 allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions by using an alias, as demonstrated by using ini_alter when ini_set is disabled. |
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
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 404 Vulners - Vulnerability Data Base | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securityvulns.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| PHP-alias vulnerable: disable_functions bypass | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securityvulns.ru | |
| SecurityReason - Vulnerabilities digest by different Russian speaking authors | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securityreason.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2007-10-16 | Mark J Cox | Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. The function behaves as documented. Furthermore, the function shouldn’t be considered a security feature, for reasons described at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=332451#c3 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.