CVE-2009-3291
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
The php_openssl_apply_verification_policy function in PHP before 5.2.11 does not properly perform certificate validation, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, probably related to an ability to spoof certificates.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3273)
- Published
- September 22, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3273 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36791(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37482
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40262
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1940
- http://www.osvdb.org/58185
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.11(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_11.php(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022914
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53334
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10438
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7394
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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