CVE-2016-4072 - Vulnerability Details

- php: Invalid memory write in phar on filename containing \0 inside name

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.

Published: 2016-05-20

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 11.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha5::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.13:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.14:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.16:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.17:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.19:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.4:::::::*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha5::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha6::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.16:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.17:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.21:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.22:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.23:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.24:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.25:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.26:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.27:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.29:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.30:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.31:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.32:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.33:::::::*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el6	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el6	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el6	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el6	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el6	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el6	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el7	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el7	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el7	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el7	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el7	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el7	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS
rh-php56-0:2.3-1.el7	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-0:5.6.25-1.el7	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
rh-php56-php-pear-1:1.9.5-4.el7	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	RHSA-2016:2750	2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-499-1	php5 security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3560-1	php5 security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5073	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-2984-1	PHP vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11136.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4072
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
https://support.apple.com/HT206567
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4072

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

Php Php

Redhat Rhel Software Collections

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-20T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:17:30.790Z

Reserved: 2016-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4072

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-20T11:00:16.663

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-4072

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4072 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

Tracking

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

Subscriptions

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