CVE-2006-7243
N/A
Published: January 18, 2011 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
PHP before 5.3.4 accepts the \0 character in a pathname, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by placing a safe file extension after this character, as demonstrated by .php\0.jpg at the end of the argument to the file_exists function.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 5.3.31.02.02.0b103.03.0.13.0.103.0.113.0.123.0.133.0.143.0.153.0.163.0.173.0.183.0.23.0.33.0.43.0.53.0.63.0.73.0.83.0.94.04.0 beta14.0 beta24.0 beta34.0 beta44.0 beta_4_patch14.0.04.0.14.0.24.0.34.0.44.0.54.0.64.0.74.1.04.1.14.1.24.2.04.2.14.2.24.2.34.3.04.3.14.3.104.3.114.3.24.3.34.3.44.3.54.3.64.3.74.3.84.3.94.4.04.4.14.4.24.4.34.4.44.4.54.4.64.4.74.4.84.4.95.0.05.0.0 beta15.0.0 beta25.0.0 beta35.0.0 beta45.0.0 rc15.0.0 rc25.0.0 rc35.0.15.0.25.0.35.0.45.0.55.1.05.1.15.1.25.1.35.1.45.1.55.1.65.2.05.2.15.2.105.2.115.2.125.2.135.2.145.2.155.2.165.2.175.2.25.2.35.2.45.2.55.2.65.2.75.2.85.2.95.3.05.3.15.3.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://bugs.php.net/39863
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158616.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158915.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159031.html
References (26)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158616.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158915.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159031.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132871655717248&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/18/4Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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