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Bug #40830 escapeshellarg() doesn't escape correctly
Submitted: 2007-03-15 20:33 UTC Modified: 2007-03-15 22:34 UTC
From: xavier dot blanchet at free dot fr Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: CGI/CLI related
PHP Version: 5.2.1 OS: Windows XP SP2
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-03-15 20:33 UTC] xavier dot blanchet at free dot fr 
Description:
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escapeshellarg() doesn't escape correctly double quotes (enclosing with simple quotes on Windows does not work anyway...)

Reproduce code:
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conversion.php
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<?php
// The goal is to pass geographic coordinates
echo escapeshellarg($argv[1]);
?>

shell
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$ php conversion.php 45?53'36"

Expected result:
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"45?53'36\""

Actual result:
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"45?53'36"

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 [2007-03-15 21:53 UTC] edink@php.net 
Windows shell will not pass the trailing " to php. Try dumping $argv[1] to see it yourself :)
 [2007-03-15 22:34 UTC] xavier dot blanchet at free dot fr 
Mmm... yes, indeed :) is that the "normal" behaviour ?
Dumping and playing with the argument however, I noticed a triple " at the end will do. 

Example
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45?53'36"""

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