A type confusion issue was found in the SPLFileObject fread() function. A remote attacker able to submit a specially crafted input to a PHP application, which uses this function, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that PHP application.
Find out more about CVE-2016-5770 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 5.1 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS3 Base Score | 5.6 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | Low |
Availability Impact | Low |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-php56-php) | RHSA-2016:2750 | 2016-11-15 |
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-php56-php) | RHSA-2016:2750 | 2016-11-15 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php55-php | Will not fix |
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php54-php | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Not affected |