CVE-2006-1608 describes a safe mode bypass vulnerability in PHP versions 4.4.2 and 5.1.2, specifically within the copy() function in file.c. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by using a compress.zlib:// URI in the source argument to read arbitrary files, bypassing PHP's safe mode restrictions. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low attack complexity and local access requirements, with the primary impact being confidentiality (information disclosure). While not present in the KEV catalog or actively exploited, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta_4_patch1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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