CVE
- Id
- 9448
- CVE No.
- CVE-2004-1020
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- The addslashes function in PHP 4.3.9 does not properly escape a NULL (/0) character, which may allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files in PHP applications that contain a directory traversal vulnerability in require or include statements, but are otherwise protected by the magic_quotes_gpc mechanism. NOTE: this issue was originally REJECTed by its CNA before publication, but that decision is in active dispute. This candidate may change significantly in the future as a result of further discussion.
- Phase
- Assigned (20041104)
- Votes
- REVIEWING(1) Christey
- Comments
- Christey> There is active disagreement regarding whether this satisfies the | criteria for inclusion in CVE, because the attack vectors require | function parameters that are typically controlled only by the | application developer, not an external attacker. This would mean that | only the PHP application owner could exploit it. | | Since the application developer presumably already has acccess | to the underlying file system, directory traversal attacks provide no | additional access to the application owner. Therefore, this candidate | would only be valid if there are cases in which the attacker can | inject a null character into a string that is processed by addslashes.
