National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4481
Original release date:08/31/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The (1) file_exists and (2) imap_reopen functions in PHP before 5.1.5 do not check for the safe_mode and open_basedir settings, which allows local users to bypass the settings. NOTE: the error_log function is covered by CVE-2006-3011, and the imap_open function is covered by CVE-2006-1017.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
- Official Statement from Red Hat (09/20/2006)
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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
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.php.net/release_5_1_5.php
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21842
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21768
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21546
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:162
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-342-1
External Source: BID
Name: 19582
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:052
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:162
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3318
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22039