PHP-CGI Argument Injection (CVE-2024-4577) for 2026-07-23
Jul 23, 2026
Exploitation
Last Updated: 00:00 UTC
CVE-2024-4577 lets an attacker pass command-line options to PHP-CGI on Windows by using a soft hyphen (%AD) that Windows best-fit mapping turns into a dash. Requests set allow_url_include and auto_prepend_file=php://input so the POST body runs as PHP. The RedTail cryptomining botnet (User-Agent libredtail-http) sprays this against every host it finds.
CVE References
MITRE ATT&CK
Tactic: Initial Access (TA0001)
Technique: T1190 — Exploit Public-Facing Application
Observed URIs
Attackers by Country
| India | 1 | 33.3% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 33.3% |
| Russia | 1 | 33.3% |
IP Address : ASN : City/Provider
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115.248.8.65 : AS18101 Reliance Communications Ltd.DAKC MUMBAI : Kotputli
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223.123.92.132 : AS59257 CMPak Limited : Islamabad
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80.87.206.6 : AS16276 OVH SAS : Russia