FKIE_CVE-2007-3997

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-04 18:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:43
Severity
Summary
The (1) MySQL and (2) MySQLi extensions in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, allow remote attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions via MySQL LOCAL INFILE operations, as demonstrated by a query with LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26642Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26822Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26838Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27102Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27377Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28318Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3102Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-mysql-safe-mode-bypass-vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.phpVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.phpVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.phpVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36384Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39402Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4392Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26642Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26822Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26838Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27102Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27377Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28318Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3102Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-mysql-safe-mode-bypass-vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.phpVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.phpVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.phpVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36384Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39402Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4392Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
php php *
php php *

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "cve@mitre.org"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "F6C219FD-2507-491C-B38F-777D1A626FEC",
              "versionEndExcluding": "4.4.8",
              "versionStartIncluding": "4.0.0",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "EABE00F5-DB5A-480D-8D77-73C04DBAB2A0",
              "versionEndExcluding": "5.2.4",
              "versionStartIncluding": "5.0.0",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The (1) MySQL and (2) MySQLi extensions in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, allow remote attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions via MySQL LOCAL INFILE operations, as demonstrated by a query with LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Las extensiones (1) MySQL y (2) MySQLi en PHP 4 anterior a 4.4.8, y PHP 5 anterior a  5.2.4, permite a atacantes remotos evitar las restricciones safe_mode y open_basedir a trav\u00e9s de operaciones MySQL LOCAL INFILE, como se demostr\u00f3 con un consulta con LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2007-3997",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:43:12.497",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
        "impactScore": 6.4,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2007-09-04T18:17:00.000",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26642"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26822"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26838"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27102"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27377"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28318"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3102"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-mysql-safe-mode-bypass-vulnerability/"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Permissions Required",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Permissions Required",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ],
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36384"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ],
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39402"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ],
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ],
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4392"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26642"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26822"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26838"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27102"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27377"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28318"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3102"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-mysql-safe-mode-bypass-vulnerability/"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Permissions Required",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Permissions Required",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ],
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36384"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ],
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39402"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ],
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ],
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4392"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "comment": "Due to the nature of safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions, and in alignment with the PHP group\u2019s stance on these features, Mandriva does not consider this a security issue.",
      "lastModified": "2007-09-18T00:00:00",
      "organization": "Mandriva"
    },
    {
      "comment": "We do not consider these to be security issues.  For more details see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1\nand http://www.php.net/security-note.php\n",
      "lastModified": "2007-09-05T00:00:00",
      "organization": "Red Hat"
    }
  ],
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-264"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}



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