CVE-2015-4642 describes a critical operating system command injection vulnerability in the escapeshellarg function of PHP versions prior to 5.4.42, 5.5.26, and 5.6.10 when running on Windows. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by crafting a malicious string passed to the PHP system function. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.4.41CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.