CVE-2005-3390 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 65.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The RFC1867 file upload feature in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify the GLOBALS array and bypass security protections of PHP applications via a multipart/form-data POST request with a "GLOBALS" fileupload field.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 65.51% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-11-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHP 4.x/5.0.x - Arbitrary File Upload GLOBAL Variable Overwrite | 2005-10-31 |
References
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00786522
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17371
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17490
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17559
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18054
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18669
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21252
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22691
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/132
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015129
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-037.htm
- http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-28-FLSA_2005_166943__Updated_php_packages_fix_security_issues.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-08.xml
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_202005.79.html
- http://www.hardened-php.net/globals-problem
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