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CVE-2008-2665

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 3.38%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-06-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2008-2665
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
3.38%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the posix_access function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions via a .. (dot dot) in an http URL, which results in the URL being canonicalized to a local filename after the safe_mode check has successfully run.