CVE-2008-4304

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

general/login.php in phpCollab 2.5 rc3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified input related to the SSL_CLIENT_CERT environment variable. NOTE: in some environments, SSL_CLIENT_CERT always has a base64-encoded string value, which may impose constraints on injection for typical shells.

Affected products

Phpcollab: through 2.5; 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5-beta_4, 2.5-rc1, 2.5-rc2

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235052
http://secunia.com/advisories/33258
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-20.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32964
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47522
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235052
http://secunia.com/advisories/33258
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-20.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32964
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47522

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