CVE-2004-0542
N/A
Published: June 10, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 31%
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.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=108x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.php.net/release_4_3_7.phpVDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16331Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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