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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-3378 Detail

Description

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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/05/2007)

We do not consider this 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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01345501 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/34 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26838 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27648 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28318 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28750 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28936 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30040 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/achievement_exploitalert/9 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/45 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2831 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3389 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/17/3 CVE, MITRE
http://www.osvdb.org/38682 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472343/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24661 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25498 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0398 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35102 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39403 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6056 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-3378
NVD Published Date:
06/29/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE