Is CVE-2010-3436 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3436 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3436?

CVE-2010-3436 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-3436

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD

fopen_wrappers.c in PHP 5.3.x through 5.3.3 might allow remote attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions via vectors related to the length of a filename.

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-264
EPSS score: 6.3% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-3434)
Published: November 9, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3434 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
php / php

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42729(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42812(Third Party Advisory)
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3436(Third Party Advisory)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.490619(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002(Third Party Advisory)
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/trunk/main/fopen_wrappers.c?r1=303824&r2=303823&pathrev=303824(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=303824(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:218(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.php.net/archive/2010.php#id2010-12-10-1(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_15.php(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_4.php(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44723(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3313(Permissions Required)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077(Permissions Required)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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