CVE-2024-4577 critical remote code execution vulnerability in the PHP programming language could potentially allow unauthenticated attackers to take full control of affected PHP servers.
The vulnerability arises from an oversight in the Best-Fit feature of encoding conversion within the Windows operating system during PHP implementation. This oversight allows attackers to bypass protections for a previous vulnerability, CVE-2012-1823, using specific character sequences. Consequently, arbitrary code can be executed on remote PHP servers via an argument injection attack, enabling unauthorized access and control.
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