# CVE-2004-0490: cPanel, when compiling Apache 1.3.29 and PHP with the mod\_phpsuexec option, does not set the --enable-discard-path option, which causes php

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2004-06-03 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

cPanel, when compiling Apache 1.3.29 and PHP with the mod_phpsuexec option, does not set the --enable-discard-path option, which causes php to use the SCRIPT_FILENAME variable to find and execute a script instead of the PATH_TRANSLATED variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PHP code as other users via a URL that references the attacker's script after the user's script, which executes the attacker's script with the user's privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0529.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10407
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16239
- http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=664
- http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=283
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/364112
- http://www.securiteam.com/tools/5TP0N15CUA.html
- http://www.a-squad.com/audit/explain10.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24141

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