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CVE-2016-4072
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-20T11:00:16.663 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:46:50.290

Summary

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.

Affected products

php — php

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References

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