CVE-2008-5658

Public Exploit

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ZipArchive::extractTo function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to write arbitrary files via a ZIP file with a file whose name contains .. (dot dot) sequences.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.03% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32625 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021303 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-06.txt exploit
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
http://osvdb.org/50480 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47079 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35003 third party advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/3 mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045 vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0039.html mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/35306 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5658?
CVE-2008-5658 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5658?
To fix CVE-2008-5658, 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-2008-5658 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5658 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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