PHP escapeshellarg Function Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2015-4642)

PHP escapeshellarg Function Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2015-4642)
PHP escapeshellarg Function Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2015-4642)

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Affected Systems:

PHP <5.4.42
PHP 5.6.x <5.6.10
PHP 5.5.x <5.5.26

Description:

CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2015-4642

PHP is a widely used scripting language. It is especially suitable for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

In PHP <5.4.42, 5.5.x <5.5.26, 5.6.x <5.6.10, ext/standard/exec. c/escapeshellarg has a security vulnerability. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute commands.

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Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

PHP
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

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