ubuntu-cve-2015-10141
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-07-23 14:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:49
Summary
Details

An unauthenticated OS command injection vulnerability exists within Xdebug versions 2.5.5 and earlier, a PHP debugging extension developed by Derick Rethans. When remote debugging is enabled, Xdebug listens on port 9000 and accepts debugger protocol commands without authentication. An attacker can send a crafted eval command over this interface to execute arbitrary PHP code, which may invoke system-level functions such as system() or passthru(). This results in full compromise of the host under the privileges of the web server user.

Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-10141",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:49:07Z",
  "published": "2025-07-23T14:15:00Z",
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      "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20231226215418/https://paper.seebug.org/397/"
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      "url": "https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46000"
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}



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