critical
CVE-2015-4642
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…
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Amazon (medium).
Description
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.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | php54, php54-bcmath, php54-cli and 90 more | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 and 2 more |
Show all 93 entries from 1 source
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | php54 | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-bcmath | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-cli | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-common | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-dba | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-debuginfo | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-devel | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-embedded | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-enchant | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-fpm | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-gd | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-imap | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-intl | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-ldap | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-mbstring | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-mcrypt | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-mssql | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-mysql | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-mysqlnd | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-odbc | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-pdo | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-pgsql | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-process | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-pspell | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-recode | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-snmp | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-soap | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-tidy | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-xml | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php54-xmlrpc | 5.4.42-1.71.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55 | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-bcmath | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-cli | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-common | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-dba | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-debuginfo | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-devel | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-embedded | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-enchant | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-fpm | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-gd | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-gmp | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-imap | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-intl | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-ldap | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-mbstring | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-mcrypt | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-mssql | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-mysqlnd | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-odbc | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-opcache | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-pdo | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-pgsql | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-process | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-pspell | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-recode | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-snmp | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-soap | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-tidy | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-xml | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php55-xmlrpc | 5.5.26-1.103.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56 | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-bcmath | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-cli | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-common | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-dba | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-dbg | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-debuginfo | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-devel | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-embedded | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-enchant | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-fpm | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-gd | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-gmp | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-imap | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-intl | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-ldap | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mbstring | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mcrypt | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mssql | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-mysqlnd | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-odbc | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-opcache | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-pdo | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-pgsql | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-process | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-pspell | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-recode | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-snmp | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-soap | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-tidy | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-xml | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | php56-xmlrpc | 5.6.10-1.115.amzn1 |
References
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d2ac264ffea5ca2e85640b6736e0c7cd4ee9a4a9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/18/6
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75290
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032709
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69646
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10