CVE-2008-2665
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-2665 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-06-20 01:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
NoneAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| PHP 5 'posix_access()' Function 'safe_mode' Bypass Directory Traversal Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| About the security content of Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| '[security bulletin] HPSBUX02465 SSRT090192 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Apache-based Web Server, Remote Den' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| marc.info | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| SecurityReason - PHP 5.2.6 posix_access() (posix ext) safe_mode bypass ( Research Advisory ) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securityreason.com | Exploit |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| SecurityReason - PHP 5.2.6 posix_access() (posix ext) safe_mode bypass | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securityreason.com | |
| PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| HP-UX Apache Web Server Suite Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| PHP posix_access() safe_mode Restrictions Can By Bypass With 'http://' Prefix - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Gentoo update for php - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-133A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | US Government Resource |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-06-26 | Mark J Cox | We do not consider these to be security issues. For more details see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.