CVE-2008-5625
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-5625 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-12-17 17:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
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)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.0 | beta4 | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.0 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| '[security bulletin] HPSBUX02465 SSRT090192 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Apache-based Web Server, Remote Den' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| marc.info | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.php.net | |
| CXSecurity - IDS | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securityreason.com | Exploit |
| HP-UX Apache Web Server Suite Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| PHP 'error_log' Safe Mode Restriction-Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| PHP 5.2.6 (error_log) safe_mode Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | |
| archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0152.html | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | archives.neohapsis.com | |
| osvdb.org/52205 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| 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 | 2009-03-31 | Tomas Hoger | We do not consider this to be a security issue. For more details see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.