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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2008-2051 in the critical feed json

The escapeshellcmd API function in PHP before 5.2.6 has unknown impact and context-dependent attack vectors related to "incomplete multibyt…

published 2008-05-05 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2048

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The escapeshellcmd API function in PHP before 5.2.6 has unknown impact and context-dependent attack vectors related to "incomplete multibyte chars."

Patch / fix

  • php RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
  • php-gd RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
  • php-cli RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
  • php-dba RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
  • php-pdo RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
  • php-xml RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
  • php-imap RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
  • php-ldap RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0582RHSA-2008:0546RHSA-2008:0545RHSA-2008:0544RHSA-2008:0505

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-2051 updated

PHP multibyte shell escape flaw

  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) php 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-gd 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-cli 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-dba 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-pdo 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-xml 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, +12 more Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) php 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-gd 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-cli 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-dba 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-pdo 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, php-xml 5.1.6-3.el4s1.10, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0582
  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php 4.3.2-48.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-48.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-48.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-48.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-48.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-48.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-gd 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-cli 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-dba 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-pdo 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-xml 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0544
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 php 4.1.2-2.20, php-imap 4.1.2-2.20, php-ldap 4.1.2-2.20, php-odbc 4.1.2-2.20, php-mysql 4.1.2-2.20, php-pgsql 4.1.2-2.20, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0546
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php 4.3.2-48.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-48.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-48.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-48.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-48.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-48.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0544
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.12, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.12, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0545
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-gd 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-cli 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-dba 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-pdo 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, php-xml 5.1.6-20.el5_2.1, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0544
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 php 4.1.2-2.20, php-imap 4.1.2-2.20, php-ldap 4.1.2-2.20, php-odbc 4.1.2-2.20, php-mysql 4.1.2-2.20, php-pgsql 4.1.2-2.20, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0546
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php 4.3.2-48.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-48.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-48.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-48.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-48.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-48.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0544
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.12, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0545
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 php 4.1.2-2.20, php-imap 4.1.2-2.20, php-ldap 4.1.2-2.20, php-odbc 4.1.2-2.20, php-mysql 4.1.2-2.20, php-pgsql 4.1.2-2.20, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0546
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php 4.3.2-48.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-48.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-48.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-48.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-48.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-48.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0544
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.12, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0545
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 php 4.1.2-2.20, php-imap 4.1.2-2.20, php-ldap 4.1.2-2.20, php-odbc 4.1.2-2.20, php-mysql 4.1.2-2.20, php-pgsql 4.1.2-2.20, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0546

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Exploit prediction

3.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.