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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-3557

Published: Nov 23, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3557
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PhpPhp*5.2.11 (including)
PhpPhp1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
PhpPhp2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
PhpPhp2.0b10 (including)2.0b10 (including)
PhpPhp3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.5 (including)3.0.5 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.6 (including)3.0.6 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.7 (including)3.0.7 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.8 (including)3.0.8 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.9 (including)3.0.9 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.10 (including)3.0.10 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.11 (including)3.0.11 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.12 (including)3.0.12 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.13 (including)3.0.13 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.14 (including)3.0.14 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.15 (including)3.0.15 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.16 (including)3.0.16 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.17 (including)3.0.17 (including)
PhpPhp3.0.18 (including)3.0.18 (including)
PhpPhp4.0 (including)4.0 (including)
PhpPhp4.0-beta_4_patch1 (including)4.0-beta_4_patch1 (including)
PhpPhp4.0-beta1 (including)4.0-beta1 (including)
PhpPhp4.0-beta2 (including)4.0-beta2 (including)
PhpPhp4.0-beta3 (including)4.0-beta3 (including)
PhpPhp4.0-beta4 (including)4.0-beta4 (including)
PhpPhp4.0.0 (including)4.0.0 (including)
PhpPhp4.0.1 (including)4.0.1 (including)
PhpPhp4.0.2 (including)4.0.2 (including)
PhpPhp4.0.3 (including)4.0.3 (including)
PhpPhp4.0.4 (including)4.0.4 (including)
PhpPhp4.0.5 (including)4.0.5 (including)
PhpPhp4.0.6 (including)4.0.6 (including)
PhpPhp4.0.7 (including)4.0.7 (including)
PhpPhp4.1.0 (including)4.1.0 (including)
PhpPhp4.1.1 (including)4.1.1 (including)
PhpPhp4.1.2 (including)4.1.2 (including)
PhpPhp4.2.0 (including)4.2.0 (including)
PhpPhp4.2.1 (including)4.2.1 (including)
PhpPhp4.2.2 (including)4.2.2 (including)
PhpPhp4.2.3 (including)4.2.3 (including)
PhpPhp4.3.0 (including)4.3.0 (including)
PhpPhp4.3.1 (including)4.3.1 (including)
PhpPhp4.3.2 (including)4.3.2 (including)
PhpPhp4.3.7 (including)4.3.7 (including)
PhpPhp4.3.10 (including)4.3.10 (including)
PhpPhp4.3.11 (including)4.3.11 (including)
PhpPhp4.4.2 (including)4.4.2 (including)
PhpPhp4.4.7 (including)4.4.7 (including)
PhpPhp4.4.8 (including)4.4.8 (including)
PhpPhp4.4.9 (including)4.4.9 (including)
PhpPhp5.0.0 (including)5.0.0 (including)
PhpPhp5.0.0-beta4 (including)5.0.0-beta4 (including)
PhpPhp5.0.3 (including)5.0.3 (including)
PhpPhp5.1.1 (including)5.1.1 (including)
PhpPhp5.2.1 (including)5.2.1 (including)
PhpPhp5.2.5 (including)5.2.5 (including)
PhpPhp5.2.6 (including)5.2.6 (including)
PhpPhp5.2.10 (including)5.2.10 (including)
PhpPhp5.3.0 (including)5.3.0 (including)
Php5Ubuntudapper*
Php5Ubuntudevel*
Php5Ubuntuhardy*
Php5Ubuntuintrepid*
Php5Ubuntujaunty*
Php5Ubuntukarmic*
Php5Ubuntuupstream*

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