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MEDIUMCVSS 5.0

CVE-2008-2665

CVE-2008-2665 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-09-20
Sources
nvd

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the posix_access function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions via a .. (dot dot) in an http URL, which results in the URL being canonicalized to a local filename after the safe_mode check has successfully run.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed versions
PHPphp[object Object]

References

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