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CVE-2006-4758

phpBB 2.0.21 does not properly handle pathnames ending in %00, which allows remote authenticated administrative users to

phpBB 2.0.21 does not properly handle pathnames ending in %00, which allows remote authenticated administrative users to upload arbitrary files, as demonstrated by a query to admin/admin_board.php with an avatar_path parameter ending in .php%00.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.02839
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Affected Products & Versions

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phpbb group phpbball versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.security.nnov.ru · Odocument221.htmlwww.security.nnov.ru
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD13 Sep 2006 · 11:07 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=388120
http://secunia.com/advisories/22188
http://secunia.com/advisories/28871
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1488
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445788/100/0/threaded
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