CVE-2006-1608

Summary

CVECVE-2006-1608
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-10 19:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe copy function in file.c in PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 allows local users to bypass safe mode and read arbitrary files via a source argument containing a compress.zlib:// URI.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.005140000 probability, percentile 0.666150000 (date 2026-04-19)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php 4.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 beta3 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 beta4 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 beta_4_patch1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.1 patch1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.1 patch2 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.2 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.3 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.3 patch1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.4 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.4 patch1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.5 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.6 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.7 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.7 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.7 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.7 rc3 All All
Application Php Php 4.1.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.1.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.1.2 All All All
Application Php Php 4.2 All dev All
Application Php Php 4.2.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.2.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.2.2 All All All
Application Php Php 4.2.3 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.10 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.11 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.2 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.3 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.4 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.5 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.6 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.7 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.8 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.9 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 5.0 rc3 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PHP copy() Function Safe Mode Checking Error Lets Users Bypass Safe Mode File Access Restrictions - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
PHP: PHP 5.1.3 Release Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 us.php.net
SecurityReason - copy() Safe Mode Bypass PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Exploit, Patch
www.osvdb.org/24487 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityReason - copy() Safe Mode Bypass PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
PHP "phpinfo()" Cross-Site Scripting and Security Bypass - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
usn/usn-320-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Ubuntu update for PHP - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PHP Multiple Safe_Mode and Open_Basedir Restriction Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mandriva update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxWe do not consider these to be security issues: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1

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