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PHP before 4.3.7 on Win32 platforms does not properly filter all shell metacharacters, which allows local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, overwrite files, and access internal environment variables via (1) the "%", "|", or ">" characters to the escapeshellcmd function, or (2) the "%" character to the escapeshellarg function

Published Jun 10, 2004

Description

PHP before 4.3.7 on Win32 platforms does not properly filter all shell metacharacters, which allows local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, overwrite files, and access internal environment variables via (1) the "%", "|", or ">" characters to the escapeshellcmd function, or (2) the "%" character to the escapeshellarg function.

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Remediation

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References (3)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 10, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jun 8, 2004
Link CVE-2004-0542
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2004-0542
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2004-0542