Critical 9.8Published May 5, 2008

CVE-2008-0599The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attac…

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The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-131
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

php php php:php	before 5.2.6	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	8; 9	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	6.06; 7.04; 7.10; 8.04	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	before 10.5.4	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	before 10.5.4	NVD

References

References

http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c?r1=1.267.2.15.2.50.2.12&r2=1.267.2.15.2.50.2.13&diff_format=u	broken-link, exploit
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01476437	broken-link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html	mailing-list
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2	mailing-list
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2	mailing-list
http://secunia.com/advisories/30048	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30083	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30345	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30616	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30757	broken-link
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