CVE-2016-4072 — Improper Input Validation in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write9 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV7.3
EPSS
11.1%
top 6.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Php5Apple MAC OS XApple OS X EL Capitan V10.11.5 AND Security Update 2016-003+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Ubuntuphp5/php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17+1
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.4
▶NVDphp/php58 versions+57

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-j2xj-f75j-96w3: The Phar extension in PHP before 5↗2022-05-14
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OSV
php5, php7.0 vulnerabilities↗2016-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2016-4072: The Phar extension in PHP before 5↗2016-04-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
PHP vulnerabilities↗2016-05-24
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Red Hat
php: Invalid memory write in phar on filename containing \0 inside name↗2016-03-19
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Apple
CVE-2016-4072: OS X El Capitan v10.11.5 and Security Update 2016-003↗
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4072 php: Invalid memory write in phar on filename containing \0 inside name [fedora-all]↗2016-04-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4072 php: Invalid memory write in phar on filename containing \0 inside name↗2016-04-01
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