CVE-2016-4072

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

6%p93

Published

May 20, 2016 (May 20, 2016)

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.

Vendors: php apple
Products: php, mac os x
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (5.9%)

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