The proxy server feature in go-pear.php in PHP PEAR 0.2.2, as used in Apache2Triad, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by redirecting go-pear.php to a malicious proxy server that provides a modified version of Tar.php with a malicious extractModify function.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0144 is rated Moderate Risk (56.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.46%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-17 | 2.40% | 1.46% | -0.95% |
| 2 | 2024-12-17 | 2.60% | 2.40% | -0.19% |
| 3 | 2024-12-16 | — | 2.60% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2006-0144 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (php4, php5), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 5, needs-triage 2, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0144 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache2triad | apache2triad | — | cpe:2.3:a:apache2triad:apache2triad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 0.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |