CVE-2008-5658
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in the ZipArchive::extractTo function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to write arbitrary files via a ZIP file with a file whose name contains .. (dot dot) sequences.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5629)
- Published
- December 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5629 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
- php / php
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References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/50480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35003
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/3
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32625
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021303
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-06.txt(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47079
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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