CVE-2016-4072
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Improper input validation
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- 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