CVE-2009-3557

N/A
Published: November 23, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

The tempnam function in ext/standard/file.c in PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions, and create files in group-writable or world-writable directories, via the dir and prefix arguments.

References (22)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
http://news.php.net/php.announce/79
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37412
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/37821
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/40262
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASONExploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/6601

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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