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        "ID": "CVE-2006-5178",
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                "value": "Race condition in the symlink function in PHP 5.1.6 and earlier allows local users to bypass the open_basedir restriction by using a combination of symlink, mkdir, and unlink functions to change the file path after the open_basedir check and before the file is opened by the underlying system, as demonstrated by symlinking a symlink into a subdirectory, to point to a parent directory via .. (dot dot) sequences, and then unlinking the resulting symlink."
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                "name": "20061003 Advisory 08/2006: PHP open_basedir Race Condition Vulnerability",
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                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448953/100/0/threaded"
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                "name": "20061003 Advisory 08/2006: PHP open_basedir Race Condition Vulnerability",
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                "name": "TLSA-2006-38",
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                "url": "http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2006/TLSA-2006-38.txt"
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                "name": "http://www.neosecurityteam.net/index.php?action=advisories&id=26",
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                "name": "22235",
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                "name": "20061009 PHP open_basedir with symlink() function Race Condition PoC exploit",
                "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448020/100/0/threaded"
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                "name": "ADV-2006-3901",
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                "name": "php-openbasedir-security-bypass(29340)",
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                "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29340"
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                "name": "MDKSA-2006:185",
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                "name": "http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_082006.132.html",
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                "url": "http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_082006.132.html"
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                "name": "1016977",
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                "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016977"
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