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CVE-2006-2563

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2563 describes a vulnerability in the cURL library (libcurl) within PHP versions 4.4.2 and 5.1.4, allowing attackers to bypass safe mode and read arbitrary files using a specially crafted file:// request containing null characters. This local vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating that an attacker with local access could achieve partial confidentiality impact without authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 58th 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-2006-2563

CVE-2006-2563

References

secunia.com / advisories/20337
secunia.com / advisories/21050
secunia.com / advisories/21847
secunia.com / advisories/22039
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/39
securityreason.com / securityalert/959
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26764
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_52_php.html
securityfocus.com / bid/18116
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2055