CVE-2007-1286
Integer overflow in PHP 4.4.4 and earlier allows remote context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 40.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Integer overflow in PHP 4.4.4 and earlier allows remote context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the unserialize function, which triggers the overflow in the ZVAL reference counter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- PHP 4 unserialize() ZVAL Reference Counter Overflow (Cookie) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/php/php_unserialize_zval_cookieRank averagedisclosed 4 Mar 2007
Exploit-DB3 entries
- PHP 4 - Unserialize() ZVAL Reference Counter Overflow (Cookie) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16310remote, multiplepublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- PHP 4.4.4 - 'Unserialize()' ZVAL Reference Counter Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3396dos, linuxpublished 2 Mar 2007Verified
- PHP < 4.5.0 - Unserialize Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9939remote, phppublished 1 Mar 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 40.9% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
32
- 2007-0009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1991 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1283 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SSRT071423 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 24606 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20070418 rPSA-2007-0073-1 php php-mysql php-pgsql (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200705-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 24941 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBTU02232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- GLSA-200703-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- php-zval-code-execution(32796) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 25062 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2374 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-04-2007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 24419 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:087 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 24945 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1282 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1268 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 24910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25850 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25445 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0163 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11575 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 22765 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 25025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32771 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1283 (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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