Vulnerability in PHP

CVE-2003-0172

Buffer overflow in openlog function for PHP 4.3.1 on Windows operating system, and possibly other OSes, allows remote attackers to cause a crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.190 (97.2th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2003-0172: held from 0.190 to 0.190.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.190 · newest: 0.190 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • PHP — versions 4.3.1

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2003-0172?
CVE-2003-0172 is a vulnerability in PHP. Published 2003-04-02.
Is CVE-2003-0172 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.