PHP Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Vulnerability (CVE-2008-2665)

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.

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2008-2665 CWE-22

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities