The extract function in PHP before 5.2.15 does not prevent use of the EXTR_OVERWRITE parameter to overwrite (1) the GLOBALS superglobal array and (2) the this variable, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by modifying data structures that were not intended to depend on external input, a related issue to CVE-2005-2691 and CVE-2006-3758.
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12016
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65432
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_15.php
http://www.php.net/archive/2010.php#id2010-12-10-1
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php