CVE-2006-7243

CVE Details

Release Date:	2006-12-18
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

PHP before 5.3.4 accepts the \0 character in a pathname, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by placing a safe file extension after this character, as demonstrated by .php\0.jpg at the end of the argument to the file_exists function.

See more information about CVE-2006-7243 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (php)	ELSA-2014-0311	2014-03-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (php53)	ELSA-2013-1307	2013-10-02
Oracle Linux version 6 (php)	ELSA-2013-1615	2013-11-25