CVE-2007-3997

The (1) MySQL and (2) MySQLi extensions in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, allow remote attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions via MySQL LOCAL INFILE operations, as demonstrated by a query with LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE.

• CWE-264

• http://secunia.com/advisories/26642Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26822Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26838Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27102Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27377Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28318Third Party Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3102Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-mysql-safe-mode-bypass-vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.phpVendor Advisory
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4Vendor Advisory
• http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.phpVendor Advisory
• http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.phpVendor Advisory
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36384Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39402Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693Broken Link
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702Broken Link
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4392Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26642Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26822Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26838Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27102Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27377Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28318Third Party Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3102Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-mysql-safe-mode-bypass-vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.phpVendor Advisory
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4Vendor Advisory
• http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.phpVendor Advisory
• http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.phpVendor Advisory
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36384Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39402Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693Broken Link
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702Broken Link
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4392Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Sep 4, 2007

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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