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PHP Permissions Privileges and Access Controls Vulnerability - CVE-2009-3558 - Vulnerability Database
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PHP Permissions Privileges and Access Controls Vulnerability - CVE-2009-3558

Medium
Reference: CVE-2009-3558
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3558
Title: PHP Permissions Privileges and Access Controls Vulnerability
Overview:

The posix_mkfifo function in ext/posix/posix.c in PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions and create FIFO files via the pathname and mode arguments as demonstrated by creating a .htaccess file.