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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-6383

PHP 5.2.0 and 4.4 allows local users to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions via a malicious path and a null byte before a ";" in a session_save_path argument, followed by an allowed path, which causes a parsing inconsistency in which PHP…

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 1.14%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

PHP 5.2.0 and 4.4 allows local users to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions via a malicious path and a null byte before a ";" in a session_save_path argument, followed by an allowed path, which causes a parsing inconsistency in which PHP validates the allowed path but sets session.save_path to the malicious path.

CVSS 2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
1.14% probability · 65th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
php/php
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.