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CVE-2005-3390

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3390 describes a critical vulnerability in PHP versions 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5, specifically impacting the RFC1867 file upload feature when the register_globals setting is enabled. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to manipulate the GLOBALS array through a specially crafted multipart/form-data POST request, effectively bypassing security controls within PHP applications. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, enabling potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry confirms the existence of exploit code, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation, despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
65.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26443 · Oct 31, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6551 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-26.ent
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Stronghold 4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1)
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3390Moderate

security flaw

Oct 31, 2005

References

itrc.hp.com / service/cki/docDisplay.do
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
secunia.com / advisories/17371
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17490
secunia.com / advisories/17510
secunia.com / advisories/17531
secunia.com / advisories/17557
secunia.com / advisories/17559
secunia.com / advisories/18054
secunia.com / advisories/18198
secunia.com / advisories/18669
secunia.com / advisories/21252
secunia.com / advisories/22691
securityreason.com / securityalert/132
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10537
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-037.htm
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-232-1
fedoralegacy.org / updates/FC2/2005-11-28-FLSA_2005_166943__Updated_php_packages_fix_security_issues.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-08.xml
hardened-php.net / advisory_202005.79.html
Vendor Advisory
hardened-php.net / globals-problem
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html
openpkg.org / security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.027-php.html
php.net / release_4_4_1.php
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-831.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-838.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/415290/30/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/419504/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/15250
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2254
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4320