24487 : PHP copy() Function Safe Mode Bypass
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
5	913	over 5 years ago	over 3 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2006-04-08	2006-04-08

Keywords

cXIb8O3

Description

PHP contains a flaw that may allow a local user to bypass security restrictions. The issue is due to the copy function in file.c not properly sanitizing user-supplied input. By supplying a crafted compress.zlib:// URI, an attacker can bypass safe mode restrictions and read arbitrary files.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.1.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

The PHP Group	PHP	4.4.2
		5.1.2

References

Security Tracker: 1015882
Secunia Advisory ID: 19599 19775 21125
CVE ID: 2006-1608 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 24484 24485 24486
Keyword: cXIb8O3
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0172.html
Generic Exploit URL: http://securityreason.com/achievement_exploitalert/8
Other Advisory URL: http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/37
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:074
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://us.php.net/releases/5_1_3.php
Vendor URL: http://www.php.net/

Tools & Filters

	21281 27897
	3509

Credit

Maksymilian Arciemowicz - maxjestsuper.pl - securityreason.com

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-04-10 | Disagree?

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