CVE-2007-0905

PHP before 5.2.1 allows attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions via unspecified vectors in the session extension. NOTE: it is possible that this issue is a duplicate of CVE-2006-6383.

Published: 2007-02-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0905 is rated Moderate Risk (58.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.62%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0905

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-09 1.76% 1.62% -0.13%
2 2025-12-28 0.85% 1.76% +0.90%
3 2025-12-27 0.85%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0905

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0905

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0905

vendor priority summary link
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0905
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0905 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php5), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0905

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-0905

  • Red Hat (2008-04-02T00:00:00)

    We do not consider these to be security issues. For more details see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0905

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php php 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.3:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2:*:dev:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trustix secure_linux 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trustix secure_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0905

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