UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4072

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-4072
Downstream
USN-2984-1
Published: 25 Apr 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:42

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Apr 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•php5

    < 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16

  • ubuntu•php7.0

    < 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1

References (6)