CVE-2006-7243
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 5.4% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-7220)
- Published
- January 18, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7220 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
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References
- http://bugs.php.net/39863(Exploit, Patch)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158616.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158915.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159031.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132871655717248&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/18/4(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/18/5(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/10(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/11
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/9(Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1307.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1615.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0311.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55078
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305412(Patch)
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305507(Patch)
- http://www.madirish.net/?article=436
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:254
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/archive/2010.php#id2010-12-10-1
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_4.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44951
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12569
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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