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