A vulnerability has been identified in PHP, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions. This flaw is due to an error in the "sscanf()" PHP function when processing format specifiers, which could be exploited by malicious users to bypass safe mode and execute arbitrary code.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Heintz
ChangeLog
2006-08-08 : Initial release
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