CVE-2007-4850
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD
curl/interface.c in the cURL library (aka libcurl) in PHP 5.2.4 and 5.2.5 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions and read arbitrary files via a file:// request containing a \x00 sequence, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-2563.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4831)
- Published
- January 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4831 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
- php / php
References
- http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/NEWS?revision=1.2027.2.547.2.1047&view=markup(Exploit)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059849.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30048
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30411
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/51(Exploit)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3562
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0178
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:022
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/02/2
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486856/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492671/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27413
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1412
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39852
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42134
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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