CVE-2006-3011

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-06-26 · updated 2026-09-23
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The error_log function in basic_functions.c in PHP before 4.4.4 and 5.x before 5.1.5 allows local users to bypass safe mode and open_basedir restrictions via a "php://" or other scheme in the third argument, which disables safe mode.

Affected products

PHP: through 4.4.3; 1.0, 2.0, 2.0b10, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2 (+70)

References

http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/basic_functions.c?diff_format=u&view=log&pathrev=PHP_4_4
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/basic_functions.c?r1=1.543.2.51.2.9&r2=1.543.2.51.2.10&pathrev=PHP_4_4&diff_format=u
http://secunia.com/advisories/20818
http://secunia.com/advisories/21050
http://secunia.com/advisories/21125
http://secunia.com/advisories/21546
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/41
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1129
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016377
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:122
http://www.osvdb.org/26827
http://www.php.net/release_5_1_5.php

Get alerted when CVE-2006-3011 or the next vulnerability affects your stack