CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3558
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-11-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The posix_mkfifo function in ext/posix/posix.c in PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions, and create FIFO files, via the pathname and mode arguments, as demonstrated by creating a .htaccess file.
Affected configurations
• php php (<= 5.2.10)
• php php 1.0
• php php 2.0
• php php 2.0b10
• php php 3.0
• php php 3.0.1
• php php 3.0.2
• php php 3.0.3
• php php 3.0.4
• php php 3.0.5
• php php 3.0.6
• php php 3.0.7
• php php 3.0.8
• php php 3.0.9
• php php 3.0.10
• php php 3.0.11
• php php 3.0.12
• php php 3.0.13
• php php 3.0.14
• php php 3.0.15
• php php 3.0.16
• php php 3.0.17
• php php 3.0.18
• php php 4.0
• php php 4.0.0
• php php 4.0.1
• php php 4.0.2
• php php 4.0.3
• php php 4.0.4
• php php 4.0.5
• php php 4.0.6
• php php 4.0.7
• php php 4.1.0
• php php 4.1.1
• php php 4.1.2
• php php 4.2.0
• php php 4.2.1
• php php 4.2.2
• php php 4.2.3
• php php 4.3.0
• php php 4.3.1
• php php 4.3.2
• php php 4.3.7
• php php 4.3.10
• php php 4.3.11
• php php 4.4.2
• php php 4.4.7
• php php 4.4.8
• php php 5.0.0
• php php 5.0.3
• php php 5.1.1
• php php 5.2.1
• php php 5.2.5
• php php 5.2.6
• php php 5.3.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://news.php.net/php.announce/79 news.php.net
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37412 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37821 secunia.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/6600 Exploit
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 support.apple.com
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/posix/posix.c?view=log svn.php.net
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/posix/posix.c?view=log svn.php.net
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=288943 Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:285 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:302 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:303 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/2 Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/3 Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/5 Patch
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php www.php.net
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_12.php www.php.net
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php www.php.net
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3593 www.vupen.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://news.php.net/php.announce/79 news.php.net
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37412 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37821 secunia.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/6600 Exploit
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 support.apple.com
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/posix/posix.c?view=log svn.php.net
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/posix/posix.c?view=log svn.php.net
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=288943 Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:285 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:302 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:303 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/2 Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/3 Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/5 Patch
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php www.php.net
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_12.php www.php.net
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php www.php.net
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3593 www.vupen.com