{"cve":"CVE-2006-7243","nvd":{"published":"2011-01-18T20:00:10.580","modified":"2026-06-16T22:34:39.017","status":"Modified","description":"PHP before 5.3.4 accepts the \\0 character in a pathname, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by placing a safe file extension after this character, as demonstrated by .php\\0.jpg at the end of the argument to the file_exists function.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://bugs.php.net/39863","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158616.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158915.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159031.html"],"products":["php:php"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:57:56.749847046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-7243","score":0.05363,"percentile":0.92648,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}