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php: ZipArchive:: extractTo allows for directory traversal when creating directories

Published May 22, 2016

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ZipArchive::extractTo function in ext/zip/php_zip.c in PHP before 5.4.45, 5.5.x before 5.5.29, and 5.6.x before 5.6.13 and ext/zip/ext_zip.cpp in HHVM before 3.12.1 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary empty directories via a crafted ZIP archive.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 22, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 16, 2016
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Aug 25, 2015