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CVE-2009-3557 Detail

Description

The tempnam function in ext/standard/file.c in PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions, and create files in group-writable or world-writable directories, via the dir and prefix arguments.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/24/2009)

We do not consider safe_mode / open_basedir restriction bypass issues being security sensitive. For more details see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://news.php.net/php.announce/79 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37412 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37821 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/40262 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/6601 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/standard/file.c?view=log CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/standard/file.c?view=log CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=288945 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:285 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:302 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:303 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_12.php CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3593 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7396 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3557
NVD Published Date:
11/23/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.