CVE-2006-4483
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
The cURL extension files (1) ext/curl/interface.c and (2) ext/curl/streams.c in PHP before 5.1.5 permit the CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION option when open_basedir or safe_mode is enabled, which allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions, possibly related to the realpath cache.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4471)
- Published
- August 31, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4471 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
References
- http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/curl/interface.c?r1=1.62.2.14.2.6&r2=1.62.2.14.2.7(Broken Link, Patch)
- http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/curl/interface.c?view=log(Broken Link, Patch)
- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/curl/streams.c?r1=1.14.2.2.2.3&r2=1.14.2.2.2.4(Broken Link, Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21546(Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22039(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30411(Not Applicable)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016984(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0178(Broken Link)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_52_php.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.1.5(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.php.net/release_5_1_5.php(Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492671/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19582(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3318(Permissions Required)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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