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high 7.5

CVE-2002-0229 json

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 restri…

published 2002-05-03 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0226

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.6%
EPSS 9.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

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

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21266)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21266 PHP 4.x/5.x MySQL Library - 'Safe_mode' Filesystem Circumvention (3) remote, 2002-02-03
  • EDB-21265 PHP 4.x/5.x MySQL Library - 'Safe_mode' Filesystem Circumvention (2) remote, 2002-02-03
  • EDB-21264 PHP 4.x/5.x MySQL Library - 'Safe_mode' Filesystem Circumvention (1) remote, 2002-02-03

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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Sources

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