CVE-2007-3378
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 5.3%EU EUVD
The (1) session_save_path, (2) ini_set, and (3) error_log functions in PHP 4.4.7 and earlier, and PHP 5 5.2.3 and earlier, when invoked from a .htaccess file, allow remote attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions and possibly execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using (a) php_value, (b) php_flag, and (c) directives in .htaccess.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 5.3% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3368)
- Published
- June 29, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3368 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562(Third Party Advisory)
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01345501(Broken Link)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/34
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26642(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26838(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27377(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27648(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28318(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28750(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28936(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_exploitalert/9(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/45(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2831(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3389(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/17/3
- http://www.osvdb.org/38682(Broken Link)
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472343/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24661(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25498(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0398(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35102(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39403(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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