CVE-2002-0253 (GCVE-0-2002-0253)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-05-03 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
PHP, when not configured with the "display_errors = Off" setting in php.ini, allows remote attackers to obtain the physical path for an include file via a trailing slash in a request to a directly accessible PHP program, which modifies the base path, causes the include directive to fail, and produces an error message that contains the path.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
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| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101318944130790&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8122.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4063 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2002-02-07 00:00
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