CVE-2006-6383
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · Improper input validation
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24022Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24514Advisory
- http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/session/session.c?r1=1.336.2.53.2.7&r2=1.336.2.53.2.8
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0003.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2000
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:038
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.010.html
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/43Exploit