THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-1015
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-1015

Php vulnerability

CVSS
6.4
EPSS
12.1%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Argument injection vulnerability in certain PHP 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x applications, when used with sendmail and when accepting remote input for the additional_parameters argument to the mail function, allows remote attackers to read and create arbitrary files via the sendmail -C and -X arguments. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a class of technology-specific vulnerability, instead of a particular instance; if so, then this should not be included in CVE.
Affected vendor
Php
Affected product
Php
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Published
2006-03-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 12.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-1015

  • Confirm whether Php Php is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-1015.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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