CVE-2016-4072

critical

Description

The Phar extension in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename, as demonstrated by mishandling of \0 characters by the phar_analyze_path function in ext/phar/phar.c.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT206567

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e9b175204e3286d64dfd6c9f09151c31b5e099a

https://gist.github.com/smalyshev/80b5c2909832872f2ba2

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71860

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85993

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/1

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-20

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04611