CVE-2006-4481: PHP

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) file_exists and (2) imap_reopen functions in PHP before 5.1.5 do not check for the safe_mode and open_basedir settings, which allows local users to bypass the settings. NOTE: the error_log function is covered by CVE-2006-3011, and the imap_open function is covered by CVE-2006-1017.

Affected products

• PHP PHP: version 5.1.0 only; version 5.1.1 only; version 5.1.2 only; version 5.1.4 only

Published 2006-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.