CVE-2008-2666

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2666
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-20 01:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions by creating a subdirectory named http: and then placing ../ (dot dot slash) sequences in an http URL argument to the (1) chdir or (2) ftok function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 5.0.1 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
Application Php Php 5.1.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.6 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.5 All All All
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityReason - PHP 5.2.6 chdir(),ftok() (standard ext) safe_mode bypass af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.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
PHP 'chdir()' and 'ftok()' 'safe_mode' Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityReason - PHP 5.2.6 chdir(),ftok() (standard ext) safe_mode bypass ( Research Advisory ) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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
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
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
PHP File and Directory Function safe_mode Restrictions Can By Bypass With 'http://' Prefix - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.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 Hat2008-06-26Mark J CoxWe 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

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