Critical severity · published Feb 27, 2020
CVE-2020-7061
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.15 and 7.4.x below 7.4.3, while extracting PHAR files on Windows using phar extension, certain content inside PHAR file could lead to one-byte read…
9.1
CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.15 and 7.4.x below 7.4.3, while extracting PHAR files on Windows using phar extension, certain content inside PHAR file could lead to one-byte read past the allocated buffer. This could potentially lead to information disclosure or crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
7.2.0 through 7.2.27; 7.3.0 through 7.3.14; 7.4.0 through 7.4.2 · source: NVD
TE
Tenable.sc · Tenable
before 5.19.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7061
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7061
Exploit
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79171
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-57
Patch
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14
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