CVE-2008-7002: PHP

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PHP 5.2.5 does not enforce (a) open_basedir and (b) safe_mode_exec_dir restrictions for certain functions, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions and call programs outside of the intended directory via the (1) exec, (2) system, (3) shell_exec, (4) passthru, or (5) popen functions, possibly involving pathnames such as "C:" drive notation.

Affected products

• PHP PHP: version 5.2.5 only

Published 2009-08-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.