CVE-2016-4072
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | 5.6.0 | |
| php | php | 5.6.1 | |
| php | php | 5.6.2 | |
| php | php | 5.6.3 | |
| php | php | 5.6.4 | |
| php | php | 5.6.5 | |
| php | php | 5.6.6 | |
| php | php | 5.6.7 | |
| php | php | 5.6.8 | |
| php | php | 5.6.9 | |
| php | php | 5.6.10 | |
| php | php | 5.6.11 | |
| php | php | 5.6.12 | |
| php | php | 5.6.13 | |
| php | php | 5.6.14 | |
| php | php | 5.6.15 | |
| php | php | 5.6.16 | |
| php | php | 5.6.17 | |
| php | php | 5.6.18 | |
| php | php | 5.6.19 | |
| php | php | 7.0.0 | |
| php | php | 7.0.1 | |
| php | php | 7.0.2 | |
| php | php | 7.0.3 | |
| php | php | 7.0.4 | |
| php | php | 5.5.0 | |
| php | php | 5.5.1 | |
| php | php | 5.5.2 | |
| php | php | 5.5.3 | |
| php | php | 5.5.4 | |
| php | php | 5.5.5 | |
| php | php | 5.5.6 | |
| php | php | 5.5.7 | |
| php | php | 5.5.8 | |
| php | php | 5.5.9 | |
| php | php | 5.5.10 | |
| php | php | 5.5.11 | |
| php | php | 5.5.12 | |
| php | php | 5.5.13 | |
| php | php | 5.5.14 | |
| php | php | 5.5.15 | |
| php | php | 5.5.16 | |
| php | php | 5.5.17 | |
| php | php | 5.5.18 | |
| php | php | 5.5.19 | |
| php | php | 5.5.20 | |
| php | php | 5.5.21 | |
| php | php | 5.5.22 | |
| php | php | 5.5.23 | |
| php | php | 5.5.24 | |
| php | php | 5.5.25 | |
| php | php | 5.5.26 | |
| php | php | 5.5.27 | |
| php | php | 5.5.29 | |
| php | php | 5.5.30 | |
| php | php | 5.5.31 | |
| php | php | 5.5.32 | |
| php | php | 5.5.33 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4072.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560
- 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
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
- 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- https://support.apple.com/HT206567
CWEs
CWE-20
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