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CVE-2006-6383 Details

Description

PHP 5.2.0 and 4.4 allows local users to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions via a malicious path and a null byte before a ";" in a session_save_path argument, followed by an allowed path, which causes a parsing inconsistency in which PHP validates the allowed path but sets session.save_path to the malicious path.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/session/session.c?r1=1.336.2.53.2.7&r2=1.336.2.53.2.8	CVE
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0003.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24022	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24514	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/43	CVE	Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2000	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:038	CVE
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.010.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453938/30/9270/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21508	CVE	Exploit
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/session/session.c?r1=1.336.2.53.2.7&r2=1.336.2.53.2.8	[email protected]
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0003.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/24022	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24514	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/43	[email protected]	Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2000	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:038	[email protected]
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.010.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453938/30/9270/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21508	[email protected]	Exploit

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
php php	4.4.0 5.2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 11, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]