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GHSA-2G3C-3P8M-G2P4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:48 – Updated: 2025-04-12 13:00

Details

The escapeshellarg function in ext/standard/exec.c in PHP before 5.4.42, 5.5.x before 5.5.26, and 5.6.x before 5.6.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted string to an application that accepts command-line arguments for a call to the PHP system function.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2015-4642 (GCVE-0-2015-4642)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-16 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1085 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75290	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/18/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69646	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Date Public

2015-06-11 00:00

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