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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-17T17:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-11T19:57:01

Reserved: 2008-12-17T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2008-5624

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-17T17:30:00.453

Modified: 2018-10-11T20:56:16.067


Link: CVE-2008-5624

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