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CVE-2016-4072

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 5.93% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-05-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2016-4072
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.93%

Original NVD 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.