CVE-2009-3558 (GCVE-0-2009-3558)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-11-23 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:31
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2009-11-19 00:00
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