CVE-2015-3412

16

FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3412 is a path traversal vulnerability in PHP versions before 5.4.40, 5.5.24, and 5.6.8, affecting the stream_resolve_include_path function. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by injecting null byte sequences (%00) into pathnames, bypassing intended file extension restrictions. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), it has a low impact on confidentiality with no integrity or availability impact, and can be exploited remotely with low complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 5.4.39CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:php:php::::::::
		5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:::::::*
		5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:::::::*
		5.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:::::::*
		5.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

1.4

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

4.09%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

89.7%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0409 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (27)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-46.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php-0:5.4.16-36.ael7b_1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-php56-php-0:5.6.5-7.el7

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php54-php

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3412Moderate

php: missing null byte checks for paths in various PHP extensions

References

php.net / ChangeLog-5.php

Vendor Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1186.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1187.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html

bugs.php.net / bug.php

ExploitVendor Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

securityfocus.com / bid/75250

securitytracker.com / id/1032709