PHP before 5.3.4 accepts the \0 character in a pathname, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by placing a safe file extension after this character, as demonstrated by .php\0.jpg at the end of the argument to the file_exists function.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-01-18T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:41.063Z

Reserved: 2010-12-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-7243

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-18T20:00:10.580

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:26:21.043

Link: CVE-2006-7243

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2006-12-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-7243 - Bugzilla