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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2051 Detail

Description

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


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30048 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30158 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30288 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30345 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30411 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30757 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30828 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31119 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31124 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0178 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1572 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/02/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492671/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.488951 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1412 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10256 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00779.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2051
NVD Published Date:
05/05/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.