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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103486
Category:Web application abuses
Title:PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Summary:PHP is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails; to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
Description:Summary:
PHP is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails
to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Vulnerability Insight:
Remote attackers can use specially crafted requests with directory-
traversal sequences ('../') to retrieve, corrupt or upload arbitrary
files in the context of the application.

Vulnerability Impact:
Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to retrieve, corrupt or
upload arbitrary files at arbitrary locations that could aid in further attacks.

Affected Software/OS:
PHP version before 5.3.10 and 5.4.x including 5.4.0

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

CVSS Score:
5.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 53403
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1172
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-2465 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2465
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080070.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080041.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080037.html
HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBUX02791
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134012830914727&w=2
HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT100856
http://isisblogs.poly.edu/2011/08/11/php-not-properly-checking-params/
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48597
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49683
https://nealpoole.com/blog/2011/10/directory-traversal-via-php-multi-file-uploads/
https://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~ai292615/php_multipleupload_overwrite.pdf
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/13/4
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0598 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00007.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0604 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00011.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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