CVE-2016-4072

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    CVE-2016-4072

    Published: 20 May 2016Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/1, http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php, http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85993, https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71860, https://gist.github.com/smalyshev/80b5c2909832872f2ba2, https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e9b175204e3286d64dfd6c9f09151c31b5e099a, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731, 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-c05390722, https://support.apple.com/HT206567, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 8648f76bac2f78391a1539253f21d62f53d83022
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.5.0
    5.5.0-alpha1
    5.5.0-alpha2
    5.5.0-alpha3
    5.5.0-alpha4
    5.5.0-alpha5
    5.5.0-alpha6
    5.5.0-beta1
    5.5.0-beta2
    5.5.0-beta3
    5.5.0-beta4
    5.5.0-rc1
    5.5.0-rc2
    5.5.1
    5.5.10
    5.5.11
    5.5.12
    5.5.13
    5.5.14
    5.5.15
    5.5.16
    5.5.17
    5.5.18
    5.5.19
    5.5.2
    5.5.20
    5.5.21
    5.5.22
    5.5.23
    5.5.24
    5.5.25
    5.5.26
    5.5.27
    5.5.29
    5.5.3
    5.5.30
    5.5.31
    5.5.32
    5.5.33
    5.5.4
    5.5.5
    5.5.6
    5.5.7
    5.5.8
    5.5.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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