{"id":"CVE-2007-1461","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-1461","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:50.581Z","title":"The compress.bzip2:// URL wrapper provided by the bz2 extension in PHP before 4.4.7, and 5.x before 5.2.2, does not implement safemode or open_basedir checks, which allows remote attackers to read bzip2 archives located outside of the intended…","description":"The compress.bzip2:// URL wrapper provided by the bz2 extension in PHP before 4.4.7, and 5.x before 5.2.2, does not implement safemode or open_basedir checks, which allows remote attackers to read bzip2 archives located outside of the intended directories.","published":"2007-03-14T18:19:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:37:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["php/php"],"epss":{"score":0.03358,"percentile":0.88631,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-20","score":0.03358,"percentile":0.88578}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/25056","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26235","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://us2.php.net/releases/4_4_7.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://us2.php.net/releases/5_2_2.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_32_php.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-21-2007.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22954","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/25056","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26235","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://us2.php.net/releases/4_4_7.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://us2.php.net/releases/5_2_2.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_32_php.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-21-2007.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22954","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1461","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}