CVE-2016-4072

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
May 20, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-4072: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix