Php Exec DirApplication · Kyberdigi Labs

CVE-2004-2692

HIGH · 9.3 CVSS v2.0 Published 2004-12-31
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The exec_dir PHP patch (php-exec-dir) 4.3.2 through 4.3.7 with safe mode disabled allows remote attackers to bypass restrictions and execute arbitrary commands via a backtick operator, which is not handled using the php_escape_shell_cmd function.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Php Exec DirApplication
Affected:= 4.3.2= 4.3.3= 4.3.4= 4.3.5= 4.3.6= 4.3.7

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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dbcve · scoped
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Recommended fix Moderate confidence
  1. 1. Visit the vendor patch URL at http://kyberdigi.cz/projects/execdir/english.html to obtain the vendor-provided security patch for the exec_dir PHP patch.
  2. 2. Review the patch documentation to understand what changes were made to fix the backtick operator vulnerability.
  3. 3. Apply the vendor patch to your php-exec-dir installation following the provided patch application instructions.
  4. 4. As an alternative mitigation, enable PHP safe_mode in php.ini (set safe_mode = On), though this may impact functionality of other PHP scripts.
  5. 5. After applying the patch or configuration change, restart the web server (Apache/httpd) to ensure the changes take effect.
  6. 6. Verify the fix by testing that the backtick operator is now properly handled and cannot be used to bypass restrictions.
Caveat Enabling safe_mode may break other PHP functionality that relies on shell execution; the vendor patch is the preferred solution

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