CVE-2006-7243

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

PHP before 5.3.4 accepts the \0 character in a pathname, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by placing a safe file extension after this character, as demonstrated by .php\0.jpg at the end of the argument to the file_exists function.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Jan 18, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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