Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2010-1130
Published: October 30, 2018 / Updated: June 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110311
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1130
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to corrupt data.
session.c in the session extension in PHP before 5.2.13, and 5.3.1, does not properly interpret ; (semicolon) characters in the argument to the session_save_path function, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass open_basedir and safe_mode restrictions via an argument that contains multiple ; characters in conjunction with a .. (dot dot).
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2010-1130
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - addressed in versions 5.2.14, 5.3.2
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38708
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/82
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/7008
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023661
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/session/session.c?r1=293036&r2=294272
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/session/session.c?view=log
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/session/session.c?r1=293036&r2=294272
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/session/session.c?view=log
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_13.php
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0479