CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-6833

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PharData class in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during an extractTo call.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain access to the server's file system, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive data or remote code execution.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update PHP to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PharData class in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during an extractTo call.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS