Deserialization in PHP
CVE-2007-1701
PHP 4 before 4.4.5, and PHP 5 before 5.2.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via deserialization of session data, which overwrites arbitrary global variables, as demonstrated by calling session_decode on a string beginning with "_SESSION|s:39:".
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.092 (95.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.092 · newest: 0.092 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23120 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11034 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1991 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33658 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-19.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2374 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/25423 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25850 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-1701?
- CVE-2007-1701 is a vulnerability in PHP, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. Published 2007-03-27.
- Is CVE-2007-1701 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.