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CVE-2002-0229
Safe Mode feature (safe_mode) in PHP 3.0 through 4.1.0 allows attackers with access to the MySQL database to bypass Safe Mode access…
High7.5EPSS 9.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Safe Mode feature (safe_mode) in PHP 3.0 through 4.1.0 allows attackers with access to the MySQL database to bypass Safe Mode access restrictions and read arbitrary files using "LOAD DATA INFILE LOCAL" SQL statements.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.6% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20020206 DW020203-PHP clarification (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020205 Re: PHP Safe Mode Filesystem Circumvention Problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020206 DW020203-PHP clarification (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020203 PHP Safe Mode Filesystem Circumvention Problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020203 PHP Safe Mode Filesystem Circumvention Problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- php-mysql-safemode-bypass(8105) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4026 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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