Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2005-3054
Published: October 3, 2018 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110506
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3054
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
fopen_wrappers.c in PHP 4.4.0, and possibly other versions, does not properly restrict access to other directories when the open_basedir directive includes a trailing slash, which allows PHP scripts in one directory to access files in other directories whose names are substrings of the original directory.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-3054
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=323585
- http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17229
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17371
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17557
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-08.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:213
- http://www.php.net/release_4_4_1.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14957
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1862
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2254
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/207-1/