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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-2665
Directory traversal vulnerability in the posix_access function in PHP 5.2.6...
Vulnerability Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the posix_access function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions via a .. (dot dot) in an http URL, which results in the URL being canonicalized to a local filename after the safe_mode check has successfully run.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/54
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29797
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3941
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
5.2.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 20th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.