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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-4473

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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-4473

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/21/2017
Modified
07/21/2021

Description

/ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP 7.0.7 and 5.6.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. NOTE: Introduced as part of an incomplete fix to CVE-2015-6833.

Solution(s)

  • php-upgrade-5_6_23
  • php-upgrade-7_0_8

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