Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2006-1014
Published: October 18, 2018 / Updated: June 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110491
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1014
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to read and manipulate data.
Argument injection vulnerability in certain PHP 4.x and 5.x applications, when used with sendmail and when accepting remote input for the additional_parameters argument to the mb_send_mail function, allows context-dependent attackers to read and create arbitrary files by providing extra -C and -X arguments to sendmail. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a class of technology-specific vulnerability, instead of a particular instance; if so, then this should not be included in CVE. This vulnerability affects all versions of PHP from 4.0.x through 5.1.x
How to mitigate CVE-2006-1014
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19979
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/05-05-2006.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/23534
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426342/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16878
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0772