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PHP Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2666 - Vulnerability Database
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PHP Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2666

Medium
Reference: CVE-2008-2666
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2666
Title: PHP Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability
Overview:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions by creating a subdirectory named http: and then placing ../ (dot dot slash) sequences in an http URL argument to the (1) chdir or (2) ftok function.