National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1710
Original release date:03/27/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The readfile function in PHP 4.4.4, 5.1.6, and 5.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions and read arbitrary files by referring to local files with a certain URL syntax instead of a pathname syntax, as demonstrated by a filename preceded a "php://../../" sequence.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.1
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (04/17/2007)
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We do not consider these to be security issues. For more details see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1
and http://www.php.net/security-note.php
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External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 3573
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2374
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-1991
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25850
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25423
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT071429
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBMA02215