CVE-2015-5243

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5243
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-20 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-06-26 12:48:00 UTC
DescriptionphpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-94

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Phpwhois Project Phpwhois All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
All eval's removed · sparc/phpWhois.org@5cc5724 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
remove eval-s · Gemorroj/phpwhois@91c937e · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2015-5243: Remote Code Execution · Issue #19 · jsmitty12/phpWhois · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
advisories/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution at public · sbaresearch/advisories · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2015-5243 phpWhois Remote Code Execution MISC blog.nettitude.com Third Party Advisory
phpWhois/CHANGELOG.md at master · jsmitty12/phpWhois · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
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