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CVE-2020-7063

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7063 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting PHP versions 7.2.x, 7.3.x, and 7.4.x, specifically when creating PHAR archives with PharData::buildFromIterator(). This flaw causes archived files to be created with default, permissive access (0666) regardless of their original, more restrictive filesystem permissions. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a low impact on integrity (I:L) and no impact on confidentiality or availability, with a network attack vector and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.2.0, <= 7.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.3.0, <= 7.3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.4.0, <= 7.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:tenable.sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0164 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.3-8020020200715124551.ceb1cf90
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-php73-php-0:7.3.20-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-php73-php-0:7.3.20-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-php73-php-0:7.3.20-1.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.2/php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php72-php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-7063Moderate

php: Files added to tar with Phar::buildFromIterator have all-access permissions

Jan 8, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00034.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-57
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4330-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4717
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4719
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2021-14
PatchThird Party Advisory