CVE-2008-5624

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 17, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5624: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix