CVE-2016-4473

critical
Published 2017-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347772

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4473.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
phpphp5.6.0
phpphp5.6.1
phpphp5.6.2
phpphp5.6.3
phpphp5.6.4
phpphp5.6.5
phpphp5.6.6
phpphp5.6.7
phpphp5.6.8
phpphp5.6.9
phpphp5.6.10
phpphp5.6.11
phpphp5.6.12
phpphp5.6.13
phpphp5.6.14
phpphp5.6.15
phpphp5.6.16
phpphp5.6.17
phpphp5.6.18
phpphp5.6.19
phpphp5.6.20
phpphp5.6.21
phpphp5.6.22
phpphp7.0.7

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.