HIGH
PHP multibyte shell escape flaw
Published May 5, 2008
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.10%
Description
The escapeshellcmd API function in PHP before 5.2.6 has unknown impact and context-dependent attack vectors related to "incomplete multibyte chars."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 5.2.5
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.2
- 5.1.3
- 5.1.4
- 5.1.5
- 5.1.6
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.1
- 5.2.2
- 5.2.3
- 5.2.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
php-0:4.1.2-2.20
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0546
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
php-0:4.3.2-48.ent
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0544
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
php-0:4.3.9-3.22.12
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0545
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php-0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0544
Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4
php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0582
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | php-0:4.1.2-2.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0546 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | php-0:4.3.2-48.ent | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0544 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | php-0:4.3.9-3.22.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0545 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php-0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0544 |
| Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4 | php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0582 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.10% 0.03102
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03102
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.10% (0.03102) | 87.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.10% (0.03102) | 86.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 6.49% (0.06485) | 90.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 4.69% (0.04688) | 89.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 6.49% (0.06485) | 90.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 4.69% (0.04688) | 88.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 6.49% (0.06485) | 90.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.12% (0.04120) | 87.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.19% (0.08190) | 86.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.12% (0.04120) | 87.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.21% (0.02210) | 89.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2024 | 1.97% (0.01966) | 88.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.67% (0.01667) | 85.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (47)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0178 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
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- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492671/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.488951 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2051 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445006 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2051
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10256 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2051
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00779.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 5, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 2, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2051
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a