CVE-2011-0754: PHP

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The SplFileInfo::getType function in the Standard PHP Library (SPL) extension in PHP before 5.3.4 on Windows does not properly detect symbolic links, which might make it easier for local users to conduct symlink attacks by leveraging cross-platform differences in the stat structure, related to lack of a FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT check.

Affected products

• PHP PHP: up to and including 5.3.3; version 1.0 only; version 2.0 only; version 2.0b10 only; version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; …

Published 2011-02-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.