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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2007-5424

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-12 Oct, 2007 | 23:17

Updated At-23 Apr, 2026 | 00:35

The disable_functions feature in PHP 4 and 5 allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions by using an alias, as demonstrated by using ini_alter when ini_set is disabled.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 7.5

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

The PHP Group

>>php>>4.0

cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

The PHP Group

>>php>>5.0.0

cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: NVD-CWE-Other

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

Vendor Statements

Organization : Red Hat

Last Modified : 2007-10-16T00:00:00

Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. The function behaves as documented. Furthermore, the function shouldn’t be considered a security feature, for reasons described at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=332451#c3 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3216	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://securityvulns.com/news/PHP/alias-pb.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument67.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482006/100/0/threaded	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3216	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://securityvulns.com/news/PHP/alias-pb.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument67.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482006/100/0/threaded	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A