Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60116&edit=1
ID: 60116 Updated by: tyr...@php.net Reported by: hirok...@php.net Summary: escapeshellcmd() cannot escape the chars which causes shell injection. Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Filter related Operating System: Ubuntu Linux PHP Version: trunk-SVN-2011-10-23 (SVN) -Assigned To: +Assigned To: hirokawa Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: judging from http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=318342 this can be closed, right? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-10-23 13:49:52] hirok...@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of hirokawa Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=318342 Log: fixed bug #60116 escapeshellcmd() cannot escape the dangerous quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-10-23 11:17:25] hirok...@php.net The following patch has been added/updated: Patch Name: php-escape.patch Revision: 1319368645 URL: https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=60116&patch=php-escape.patch&revision=1319368645 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-10-23 11:16:45] hirok...@php.net Description: ------------ escapeshellcmd() escapes " and ' only if it isn't paired (it is documented in the PHP manual). For the test script to look for some keyword in the files of the specified directory (/var/data/), the double quotation in the user input as shown below cannot be escaped because it is paired (it is found by Mr. Tokumaru). $_GET['key'] = ':" "/etc/passwd'; The command line will be, grep ":" "/etc/passwd" /var/data/* The content of arbitrary file such as /etc/passwd will be shown. The attached patch (made by Mr. Ohgaki, slightly modified be me) will add an option flag for escapeshellcmd(). The recommended code to escape the quotation in this case will be, $key = escapeshellcmd($_GET['key'], ESCAPE_CMD_ALL); output: grep ":\" \"/etc/passwd" /var/data/* The option flag has the three different value. There is no backward incompatibility because the default behavior (ESCAPE_CMD_PAIR) is unchanged. ESCAPE_CMD_PAIR : escape if it is not paired (default) ESCAPE_CMD_END : escape except for end/beginning of the string ESCAPE_CMD_ALL : escape without exception (recommended) In Windows, the quotation is always escaped, but, in other environment, it is only escaped if it is not paired. It is highly recommended to apply this patch to prevent the possible shell command injection attack. Test script: --------------- <?php $_GET['key'] = ':" "/etc/passwd'; // sample input $key = escapeshellcmd($_GET['key']); $cmd = "grep \"$key\" /var/data/*"; echo $cmd,PHP_EOL; system($cmd); ?> Expected result: ---------------- grep ":\" \"/etc/passwd" /var/data/* Actual result: -------------- grep ":" "/etc/passwd" /var/data/* [content of /etc/passwd] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60116&edit=1