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Bug #26725 Can't execute shell command inside PHP
Submitted: 2003-12-27 02:02 UTC Modified: 2003-12-27 02:26 UTC
From: hsutanto78 at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: IIS related
PHP Version: 4.3.3 OS: WinXP Japanese
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-12-27 02:02 UTC] hsutanto78 at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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can't execute shell command inside PHP (return unable to fork message)

Reproduce code:
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<?php
echo system("C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe");
?>

Expected result:
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Display WIndows Version

Actual result:
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Warning: system(): Unable to fork [C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe] in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ping.php on line 3

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 [2003-12-27 02:26 UTC] hsutanto78 at hotmail dot com 
I just found the answer, should change the permission for the web user IUSR_<Your Name> to execute cmd.exe ^_^
Hope next time PHP team could be kindly give some additional comments concerning IIS Web Server.
 
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