CVE-2015-6833

Publication date 27 August 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 15.04 vivid
Fixed 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php5

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2758-1
    • PHP vulnerabilities
    • 30 September 2015

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