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CVE-2017-5630

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5630 describes a vulnerability in the PECL download utility class within the PEAR Base System v1.10.1 installer, where it fails to validate file types and filenames after an HTTP redirect. This flaw allows a remote HTTP server to overwrite arbitrary files, such as a .htaccess file, through crafted responses. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant integrity risk (I:H) due to its network-based attack vector (AV:N) and low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no user interaction (UI:N) or privileges (PR:N). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or currently on any hot lists, public exploit code (EDB-41185) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41185 · Jan 30, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1251 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-pear
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-pear
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php-pear
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php56-php-pear
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php70-php-pear

Vendor Advisories (2)

composerGHSA-xxv8-pv43-57x5high

PEAR core file overwrite vulnerability

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-5630Moderate

php-pear: File overwrite by malicious server

Jan 26, 2017

References

pear.php.net / bugs/bug.php
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41185
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/95882
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry