Vulnerability in PHP
CVE-2007-1401
Buffer overflow in the crack extension (CrackLib), as bundled with PHP 4.4.6 and other versions before 5.0.0, might allow local users to gain privileges via a long argument to the crack_opendict function.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- PHP — versions 4.4.6
References
- retrogod.altervista.org/php_446_crack_opendict_local_bof.html (Exploit)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3431 (exploit)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2405 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462226/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)