The copy function in file.c in PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 allows local users to bypass safe mode and read arbitrary files via a source argument containing a compress.zlib:// URI
Published Apr 10, 2006
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.12%
Description
The copy function in file.c in PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 allows local users to bypass safe mode and read arbitrary files via a source argument containing a compress.zlib:// URI.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.7
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.3.0
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- 4.3.3
- 4.3.4
- 4.3.5
- 4.3.6
- 4.3.7
- 4.3.8
- 4.3.9
- 4.3.10
- 4.3.11
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
We do not consider these to be security issues: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.12% (0.01123) | 65.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.10% (0.01097) | 61.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 47.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (19)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19599 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19775 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21125 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/37 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESExploitPatch
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/678 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015882 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://us.php.net/releases/5_1_3.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:074 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/24487 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430461/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440869/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441210/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17439 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1290 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1608 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25706 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1608
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1608
Change history (0)
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