PHP Safedir Restriction Bypass Vulnerabilities

PHP Safedir Restriction Bypass Vulnerabilities

Published on 2005-11-09. Updated on 2007-03-20.

Description:

This alert was generated using only banner information. It may be a false positive.

PHP is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that permit an attacker to bypass the 'safedir' directory restriction. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to possible execute arbitrary code currently existing on a vulnerable system, or to retrieve the contents of arbitrary files, all in the security context of the Web server process.

Affected PHP version 5.5.0.

Impact:
PHP safedir restriction bypass.

Recommendation:
Upgrade PHP to the latest version.

Tags: Scripts

Alert Tags: configuration
ApplicableApplicationServer : PHP
ApplicableOS: All
ApplicableWebServer: All

References:

  • BID 15119
  • PHP Homepage

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