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Vulnerability · CVE-2012-2688

PHP_php_stream_scandir Function Vulnerability

Published Jun 19, 2012 · catalog updated Jun 19, 2012 · PHP PHP

Patch now

CVE-2012-2688 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm PHP PHP against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
10.47%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor PHP PHP

Unspecified vulnerability in the _php_stream_scandir function in the stream implementation in PHP before 5.3.15 and 5.4.x before 5.4.5 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to an "overflow." Initial-access exploit intelligence.

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  • vendor PHP PHPversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2012-2688

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2012-2688 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm PHP PHP against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 10.47%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 19, 2012 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Unspecified vulnerability in the _php_stream_scandir function in the stream implementation in PHP before 5.3.15 and 5.4.x before 5.4.5 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to an "overflow." Initial-access exploit intelligence.

  2. Jun 19, 2012 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2012-2688

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2012-2688

    30-day exploitation probability 10.5%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2012-2688

    Unspecified vulnerability in the _php_stream_scandir function in the stream implementation in PHP before 5.3.15 and 5.4.x before 5.4.5 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to an "overflow."

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.