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CVE-2010-2094

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2094 describes multiple format string vulnerabilities in the phar extension of PHP 5.3 before version 5.3.2. Attackers can exploit these flaws by crafting a malicious phar:// URI, which is improperly handled by several internal functions within the phar extension. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to potentially obtain sensitive memory contents and execute arbitrary code with moderate attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33988 · May 14, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1222 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2094Moderate

php: Multiple format string flaws in the phar extension (MOPS-2010-025 MOPS-2010-026 MOPS-2010-027 MOPS-2010-028)

May 14, 2010

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
php-security.org / 2010/05/14/mops-2010-024-php-phar_stream_flush-format-string-vulnerability/index.html
Exploit
php-security.org / 2010/05/14/mops-2010-025-php-phar_wrapper_open_dir-format-string-vulnerability/index.html
Exploit
php-security.org / 2010/05/14/mops-2010-026-php-phar_wrapper_unlink-format-string-vulnerability/index.html
Exploit
php-security.org / 2010/05/14/mops-2010-027-php-phar_parse_url-format-string-vulnerabilities/index.html
Exploit
php-security.org / 2010/05/14/mops-2010-028-php-phar_wrapper_open_url-format-string-vulnerabilities/index.html
Exploit
mandriva.com / security/advisories
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0068