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CVE-2006-5178

Race condition in the symlink function in PHP 5.1.6 and earlier allows local users to bypass the open_basedir restriction by using a combination of symlink, mkdir, and unlink functions to change the file path after the open_basedir check and before the file is opened by the underlying system, as demonstrated by symlinking a symlink into a subdirectory, to point to a parent directory via .. (dot dot) sequences, and then unlinking the resulting symlink.

  • Published: Oct 10, 2006
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2006-5178
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.2
  • AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
php / php 4.3.9 4.3.9.x
php / php 5.1.5 5.1.5.x
php / php 5.1.2 5.1.2.x
php / php 4.2.0 4.2.0.x
php / php 5.1.1 5.1.1.x
php / php 4.4.4 4.4.4.x
php / php 4.1.0 4.1.0.x
php / php 4.3.4 4.3.4.x
php / php 4.0.4 4.0.4.x
php / php 4.3.0 4.3.0.x
php / php 4.0.5 4.0.5.x
php / php 5.0-rc1 5.0-rc1.x
php / php 5.0.5 5.0.5.x
php / php 4.3.6 4.3.6.x
php / php 5.0.1 5.0.1.x
php / php 5.1.4 5.1.4.x
php / php 4.0.7-rc2 4.0.7-rc2.x
php / php 4.3.7 4.3.7.x
php / php 5.0.4 5.0.4.x
php / php 4.0.7-rc1 4.0.7-rc1.x
php / php 4.2.2 4.2.2.x
php / php 4.4.2 4.4.2.x
php / php 4.3.2 4.3.2.x
php / php 4.3.11 4.3.11.x
php / php - 5.1.6.x
php / php 4.0.3-patch1 4.0.3-patch1.x
php / php 4.0.7 4.0.7.x
php / php 4.0.2 4.0.2.x
php / php 4.3.3 4.3.3.x
php / php 5.0-rc3 5.0-rc3.x
php / php 4.1.1 4.1.1.x
php / php 4.4.3 4.4.3.x
php / php 5.0.3 5.0.3.x
php / php 4.2.3 4.2.3.x
php / php 5.1.0 5.1.0.x
php / php 4.0.1-patch1 4.0.1-patch1.x
php / php 4.0 4.0.x
php / php 4.0.1-patch2 4.0.1-patch2.x
php / php 4.0.6 4.0.6.x
php / php 5.0-rc2 5.0-rc2.x
php / php 4.1.2 4.1.2.x
php / php 4.0.7-rc3 4.0.7-rc3.x
php / php 4.3.1 4.3.1.x
php / php 5.1.3 5.1.3.x
php / php 4.4.0 4.4.0.x
php / php 4.3.10 4.3.10.x
php / php 4.2.1 4.2.1.x
php / php 4.0.1 4.0.1.x
php / php 5.0.2 5.0.2.x
php / php 4.2 4.2.x
php / php 4.4.1 4.4.1.x
php / php 5.0.0 5.0.0.x
php / php 4.3.8 4.3.8.x
php / php 4.3.5 4.3.5.x