01 Record
CVE-2008-2665
Directory traversal vulnerability in the posix_access function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions via a .. (dot dot) in an http URL, which results in the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the posix_access function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions via a .. (dot dot) in an http URL, which results in the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-06-20 01:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-06-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5fbb8ee0c76f3bcdf917767099ec05ce250558e22a85f4dc69a1776b63333c5d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com32746http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- marc.infoHPSBUX02465http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- securityreason.com20080617 PHP 5.2.6 posix_access() (posix ext) safe_mode bypasshttp://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/54
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200811-05http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- marc.infoSSRT090085http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xslhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- www.securitytracker.com1020327http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020327
- secunia.com35074http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-05-12http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- www.securityfocus.com29797http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29797
- www.us-cert.govTA09-133Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1297http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphp-posixaccess-security-bypass(43196)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43196
- secunia.com35650http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- securityreason.com3941http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3941