PHP 5.2.5 Security Bypass Vulnerability (Aug 2009)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:php:php";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900835");
  script_version("2025-09-24T05:39:03+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-24 05:39:03 +0000 (Wed, 24 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-09-02 09:58:59 +0200 (Wed, 02 Sep 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-7002");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("PHP 5.2.5 Security Bypass Vulnerability (Aug 2009)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_php_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("php/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PHP is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The error occurs when the application fails to enforce
  'safe_mode_exec_dir' and 'open_basedir' restrictions for certain functions. This can be caused via
  the exec, system, shell_exec, passthru, or popen functions, possibly involving pathnames such as
  'C:' drive notation.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the local attacker execute
  arbitrary code and can bypass security restriction in the context of the web application.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP version 5.2.5 only.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.3.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://en.securitylab.ru/nvd/383831.php");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31064");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/31064.php");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "5.2.5")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.3.2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);