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CVE-2006-1608

17
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27596 · Apr 10, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1608

CVE-2006-1608

References

secunia.com / advisories/19599
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19775
secunia.com / advisories/21125
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/37
ExploitPatch
securityreason.com / securityalert/678
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25706
us.php.net / releases/5_1_3.php
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 24487
securityfocus.com / archive/1/430461/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/440869/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/441210/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17439
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-320-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1290