Servers and applications
CVE-2007-1461 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.
Severity High 7.8
Published 14 Mar 2007
Last changed 16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron 14 Oct 2026 Exploit chance 3.4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 88% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST , 12 Nov 2026
Attack Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can Read data
CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Sources NVD Affected software Software Affected versions PHPServers and applications · cpe:a:php:php Version 5.2.1 Version 5.2.0 Version 5.1.6 Version 5.1.5 All 76 release lines Every version up to 4.4.6 Version 1.0 Version 2.0b10 Version 2.0 Version 3.0 Version 3.0.1 Version 3.0.2 Version 3.0.3 Version 3.0.4 Version 3.0.5 Version 3.0.6 Version 3.0.7 Version 3.0.8 Version 3.0.9 Version 3.0.10 Version 3.0.11 Version 3.0.12 Version 3.0.13 Version 3.0.14 Version 3.0.15 Version 3.0.16 Version 3.0.17 Version 3.0.18 Version 4.0-beta1 Version 4.0-beta2 Version 4.0-beta3 Version 4.0-beta4 Version 4.0-beta_4_patch1 Version 4.0.0 Version 4.0.1 Version 4.0.2 Version 4.0.3 Version 4.0.4 Version 4.0.5 Version 4.0.6 Version 4.0.7 Version 4.1.0 Version 4.1.1 Version 4.1.2 Version 4.2.0 Version 4.2.1 Version 4.2.2 Version 4.2.3 Version 4.3.0 Version 4.3.1 Version 4.3.2 Version 4.3.3 Version 4.3.4 Version 4.3.5 Version 4.3.6 Version 4.3.7 Version 4.3.8 Version 4.3.9 Version 4.3.10 Version 4.3.11 Version 4.4.0 Version 4.4.1 Version 4.4.2 Version 4.4.3 Version 4.4.4 Version 4.4.5 Version 5.0.0 Version 5.0.1 Version 5.0.2 Version 5.0.3 Version 5.0.4 Version 5.0.5 Version 5.1.0 Version 5.1.1 Version 5.1.2 Version 5.1.3 Version 5.1.4 Version 5.1.5 Version 5.1.6 Version 5.2.0 Version 5.2.1
References NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1461 CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1461