CVE-2008-2665
N/A
Published: June 20, 2008 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (17)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/54Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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