CVE - CVE-2006-5178

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-5178	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Race condition in the symlink function in PHP 5.1.6 and earlier allows local users to bypass the open_basedir restriction by using a combination of symlink, mkdir, and unlink functions to change the file path after the open_basedir check and before the file is opened by the underlying system, as demonstrated by symlinking a symlink into a subdirectory, to point to a parent directory via .. (dot dot) sequences, and then unlinking the resulting symlink.
References
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BID:20326 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20326 BUGTRAQ:20061003 Advisory 08/2006: PHP open_basedir Race Condition Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447649/100/0/threaded BUGTRAQ:20061009 PHP open_basedir with symlink() function Race Condition PoC exploit URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448020/100/0/threaded FULLDISC:20061003 Advisory 08/2006: PHP open_basedir Race Condition Vulnerability URL:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/049850.html MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2006:185 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:185~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_082006.132.html MISC:http://www.neosecurityteam.net/index.php?action=advisories&id=26 OPENPKG:OpenPKG-SA-2006.023 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448953/100/0/threaded SECTRACK:1016977 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016977 SECUNIA:22235 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22235 SECUNIA:22424 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22424 SREASON:1692 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1692 TURBO:TLSA-2006-38 URL:http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2006/TLSA-2006-38.txt VUPEN:ADV-2006-3901 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3901~~ (Obsolete source) XF:php-openbasedir-security-bypass(29340) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29340
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20061005	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20061005)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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