{"id":"CVE-2016-6639","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6639","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:45:44.662Z","title":"Cloud 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…","description":"Cloud 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.","published":"2016-09-18T02:59:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-254"],"affected":["cloudfoundry/php-buildpack","pivotal/cloud foundry elastic runtime"],"epss":{"score":0.01704,"percentile":0.77144,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cloudfoundry/php-buildpack/commit/e2db3ccd4812e0c0aba20720fc51789d981aba67","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6639","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloudfoundry/php-buildpack/commit/e2db3ccd4812e0c0aba20720fc51789d981aba67","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6639","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6639","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}