Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5706 - Local Security vulnerability in PHP

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
php
nessus

Summary

Unspecified vulnerabilities in PHP, probably before 5.2.0, allow local users to bypass open_basedir restrictions and perform unspecified actions via unspecified vectors involving the (1) chdir and (2) tempnam functions. NOTE: the tempnam vector might overlap CVE-2006-1494.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Php
311

Nessus

  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2006-196.NASL
    descriptionThe Hardened-PHP Project discovered buffer overflows in htmlentities/htmlspecialchars internal routines to the PHP Project. The purpose of these functions is to be filled with user input. (The overflow can only be when UTF-8 is used) (CVE-2006-5465) Unspecified vulnerabilities in PHP, probably before 5.2.0, allow local users to bypass open_basedir restrictions and perform unspecified actions via unspecified vectors involving the (1) chdir and (2) tempnam functions. NOTE: the tempnam vector might overlap CVE-2006-1494. (CVE-2006-5706) Updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. Users must restart Apache for the changes to take effect.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id24581
    published2007-02-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24581
    titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : php (MDKSA-2006:196)
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idPHP_5_2_0.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its banner, the version of PHP 5.x installed on the remote host is older than 5.2. Such versions may be affected by several buffer overflows. To exploit these issues, an attacker would need the ability to upload an arbitrary PHP script on the remote server or to manipulate several variables processed by some PHP functions such as
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id31649
    published2008-03-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31649
    titlePHP 5.x < 5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Statements

contributorMark J Cox
lastmodified2006-11-10
organizationRed Hat
statementWe do not consider these to be security issues. For more details see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php