note 89480 modified in security.filesystem by danbrown

From: Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:38:27 +0000
Subject: note 89480 modified in security.filesystem by danbrown
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A basic filename/directory/symlink checking may be done (and I personally do) via realpath() ... <?php if (isset($_GET['file'])) { $base = '/home/polizei/public_html/'; // it seems this one is good to be realpath too.. meaning not a symlinked path.. if (strpos($file = realpath($base.$_GET['file']), $base) === 0 && is_file($file)) { unlink($file); } else { die('blah!'); } } ?> --was-- A basic filename/directory/symlink checking may be done (and I personally do) via realpath() ... <?php if (isset($_GET['file'])) { $base = '/home/polizei/public_html/'; // it seems this one is good to be realpath too.. meaning not a symlinked path.. if (strpos($file = realpath($base.$_GET['file']), $base) === 0 && is_file($file)) { unlink($file); } else { die('blah!'); } } http://php.net/manual/en/security.filesystem.php

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