CVE-2008-5624

PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not properly initialize the page_uid and page_gid global variables for use by the SAPI php_getuid function, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions via variable settings that are intended to be restricted to root, as demonstrated by a setting of /etc for the error_log variable.

🔗 References (30)

• cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
• cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
• cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/50483
• cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/52207
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/35003
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/35650
• cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/59
• cve@mitrehttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
• cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789
• cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
• cve@mitrehttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498985/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32688
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47318