CVE-2006-2660

Description

Buffer consumption vulnerability in the tempnam function in PHP 5.1.4 and 4.x before 4.4.3 allows local users to bypass restrictions and create PHP files with fixed names in other directories via a pathname argument longer than MAXPATHLEN, which prevents a unique string from being appended to the filename.

2.1

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.29%

Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27049	vdb entry
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/NEWS?view=markup&rev=1.1247.2.920.2.134
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436785/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016271	vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-06/0209.html	mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:122	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21125	third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1069	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2660?: CVE-2006-2660 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2660?: To fix CVE-2006-2660, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2660 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-2660 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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