CVE-2015-6833

7.5 HIGH
Published: January 19, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PharData class in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during an extractTo call.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: security@opentext.com
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70019
Source: security@opentext.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3344
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/19/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70019
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
61th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

php