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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 16, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-4642

CVE-2015-4642

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.

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Affected products

38
  • PHP/PHP38 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 37 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.4.41
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <5.4.42; <5.5.26; <5.6.10

Patches

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References

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