PHP before 5.3.4 accepts the \0 character in a pathname, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by placing a safe file extension after this character, as demonstrated by .php\0.jpg at the end of the argument to the file_exists function.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-01-18T19:00:00

Updated: 2017-10-10T00:57:01

Reserved: 2010-12-09T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2006-7243

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-18T20:00:10.580

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:26:21.043


Link: CVE-2006-7243

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