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CVE-2008-2665

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-06-22	php -- input validation error in safe_mode

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CVE-2008-2665 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-2665
Phase	Assigned(20080610)

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.

References

Source	Reference
SREASONRES	20080617 PHP 5.2.6 posix_access() (posix ext) safe_mode bypass
BID	29797
SECTRACK	1020327
XF	php-posixaccess-security-bypass(43196)