PHP 4.4.2/5.1.2 tempnam cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP 4.4.2/5.1.2 and classified as critical. This impacts the function tempnam. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-0996. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP 4.4.2/5.1.2 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function tempnam. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.

The weakness was disclosed 04/10/2006 by Maksymilian Arciemowicz (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityreason.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0996 since 03/06/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21281 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php (MDKSA-2006:074)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117716 (CentOS Security Update for PHP (CESA-2006:0501)).

Upgrading to version 4.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at php.net. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25702), Exploit-DB (27564), Tenable (21281), SecurityFocus (BID 17362†) and OSVDB (24486†). The entries VDB-2131, VDB-2133, VDB-2422 and VDB-19857 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21281
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php (MDKSA-2006:074)
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OpenVAS ID: 56723
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200605-08 (php)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 4.4.3
Patch: php.net

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03/06/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: securityreason.com
Researcher: Maksymilian Arciemowicz
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0996 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0996
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2132

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X-Force: 25702 - PHP phpinfo() long array cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 17362 - PHP PHPInfo Large Input Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 19599 - PHP "phpinfo()" Cross-Site Scripting and Security Bypass, Not Critical
OSVDB: 24486 - PHP tempnam() Function open_basedir Restriction Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1015881
Vupen: ADV-2006-1290

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/11/2006 11:11
Updated: 06/08/2025 15:46
Changes: 04/11/2006 11:11 (98), 04/28/2019 21:16 (1), 06/08/2025 15:46 (20)
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