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CVE-2006-3011

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3011 is a safe mode and open_basedir bypass vulnerability affecting PHP versions before 4.4.4 and 5.x before 5.1.5. A local attacker can exploit this by providing a "php://" or similar scheme in the third argument of the error_log function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but allowing for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0b10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0b10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7171 · Nov 20, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2006-3011Low

CVE-2006-3011 multiple PHP safe mode bypasses (CVE-2006-4481, CVE-2006-2563)

Jun 26, 2006

References

cvs.php.net / viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
cvs.php.net / viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
secunia.com / advisories/20818
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21050
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21125
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21546
PatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/41
Exploit
securityreason.com / securityalert/1129
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27414
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 26827
php.net / release_5_1_5.php
securityfocus.com / bid/18645
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-320-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2523
Vendor Advisory