CVE-2004-1064 describes a critical vulnerability in PHP versions 4.x through 4.3.9 and 5.x through 5.0.2, where safe mode checks could be bypassed due to improper truncation of file paths before processing by the realpath function. This flaw allows attackers to circumvent PHP's safe mode, potentially leading to unauthorized access and execution. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is considered extremely severe, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age, it has a FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100, highlighting its potential impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the CISA KEV catalog, and no known public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, placing it in the top 1% of CVEs for community attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.