CVE-2016-6639

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6639
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-18 02:59:12 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCloud Foundry PHP Buildpack (aka php-buildpack) before 4.3.18 and PHP Buildpack Cf-release before 242, as used in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Elastic Runtime before 1.6.38 and 1.7.x before 1.7.19 and other products, place the .profile file in the htdocs directory, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an HTTP GET request for this file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.003790000 probability, percentile 0.594140000 (date 2026-05-06)

Problem Types: CWE-254 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cloudfoundry Php-buildpack All All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.0 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.1 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.10 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.11 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.12 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.13 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.14 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.15 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.16 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.17 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.18 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.2 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.3 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.4 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.5 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.6 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.7 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.8 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.7.9 All All All
Application Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2016-6639 PHP Buildpack exposes .profile file | Security | Pivotal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pivotal.io Vendor Advisory
Execute .profile script at runtime · cloudfoundry/php-buildpack@e2db3cc · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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