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CVE-2006-7243

MEDIUM 5.0 CVSS 2.0
Published
January 18, 2011
Last modified
June 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-20
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

Affected products and versions

  • PHP — Up to and including 5.3.3
  • PHP versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.0b10, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.15, 3.0.16, 3.0.17, 3.0.18, 4.0, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0beta1, 4.0beta2, 4.0beta3, 4.0beta4, 4.0beta_4_patch1, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.3.8, 4.3.9, 4.3.10, 4.3.11, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.4.7, 4.4.8, 4.4.9, 5.0.0, 5.0.0beta1, 5.0.0beta2, 5.0.0beta3, 5.0.0beta4, 5.0.0rc1, 5.0.0rc2, 5.0.0rc3, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.2.9, 5.2.10, 5.2.11, 5.2.12, 5.2.13, 5.2.14, 5.2.15, 5.2.16, 5.2.17, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2

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