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CVE-2008-5658

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5658 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the ZipArchive::extractTo function within PHP versions 5.2.6 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary files to a server by crafting a malicious ZIP file containing filenames with ".." sequences. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, enabling partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0403 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5658Moderate

php: ZipArchive:: extractTo() Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Dec 4, 2008

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0039.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
marc.info
marc.info
osvdb.org / 50480
secunia.com / advisories/35003
secunia.com / advisories/35306
secunia.com / advisories/35650
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47079
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1789
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/3
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/32625
securitytracker.com / id
sektioneins.de / advisories/SE-2008-06.txt
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