CVE-2016-4072 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2016-4072?

CVE-2016-4072 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 20 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4072?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Php Php.

How do I fix CVE-2016-4072?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2016-4072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X

• CVE-2014-7169 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-6271 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-1823 PHP-CGI Query String Parameter Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-30713 Apple macOS Unspecified Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2019-8526 Apple macOS Use-After-Free Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j2xj-f75j-96w3, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4072.