CVE-2008-7068
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.4)—
Severity6.4Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.59 %higher than 75% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
The dba_replace function in PHP 5.2.6 and 4.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (file truncation) via a key with the NULL byte. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited circumstances in which the attacker can modify or add database entries but does not have permissions to truncate the file.
CVSS
- Base score
- 6.4
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 1.59 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 75
- Score date
- 10/23/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
Show 14 references
- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?r1=1.2027.2.547.2.1313&r2=1.2027.2.547.2.1314&
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/58
- http://www.osvdb.org/52206
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498746/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498981/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498982/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47316
- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?r1=1.2027.2.547.2.1313&r2=1.2027.2.547.2.1314&
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/58
- http://www.osvdb.org/52206
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498746/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498981/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498982/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47316
Raw JSON (NVD)
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