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CVE-2008-3660

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3660 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PHP versions 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and 5.x through 5.2.6 when configured as a FastCGI module. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the PHP process by sending a specially crafted request containing multiple dots before the file extension, such as "foo..php". This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0335 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-51.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.22.15
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3660Low

php: FastCGI module DoS via multiple dots preceding the extension

Aug 6, 2008

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/31982
secunia.com / advisories/32148
secunia.com / advisories/32746
secunia.com / advisories/35074
secunia.com / advisories/35306
secunia.com / advisories/35650
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44402
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9597
support.apple.com / kb/HT3549
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1647
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/08/13/8
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2336
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1297