Security Advisory

CVE-2017-5630

7.5
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

PECL in the download utility class in the Installer in PEAR Base System v1.10.1 does not validate file types and filenames after a redirect, which allows remote HTTP servers to overwrite files via crafted responses, as demonstrated by a .htaccess overwrite.
Published Date February 1, 2017
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory