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CVE-2016-4473

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

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.

Affected products

• PHP: 5.6.0-alpha1, 5.6.0-alpha2, 5.6.0-alpha3, 5.6.0-alpha4, 5.6.0-alpha5, 5.6.0-beta1 (+26)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Module For Web Scripting: 12
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12-sp1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00007.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98999
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347772
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00007.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98999
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347772

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