CVE-2006-7243 describes a vulnerability in PHP versions prior to 5.3.4 where the null byte character (\0) in a pathname could bypass access restrictions, potentially allowing attackers to execute unintended file types. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) has a low attack complexity and could lead to partial integrity compromise, but no confidentiality or availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit module, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.3.3CPE 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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.