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CVE-2006-1608
The copy function in file.c in PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 allows local users to bypass safe mode and read arbitrary files via a source argument…
Low2.1EPSS 1.1%
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- mitre
Description
The copy function in file.c in PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 allows local users to bypass safe mode and read arbitrary files via a source argument containing a compress.zlib:// URI.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- 19775 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- php-copy-safemode-bypass(25706) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060718 new shell bypass safe mode (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060408 copy() Safe Mode Bypass PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESx_transferred
- 678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-320-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 21125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19599 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 24487 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060409 copy() Safe Mode Bypass PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://us.php.net/releases/5_1_3.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1015882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 17439 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060723 Re: new shell bypass safe mode (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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