CVE-2008-1567

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1567
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-31 22:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionphpMyAdmin before 2.11.5.1 stores the MySQL (1) username and (2) password, and the (3) Blowfish secret key, in cleartext in a Session file under /tmp, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-312 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 7 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 8 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE update for moodle and phpMyAdmin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
phpMyAdmin Username/Password Session File Information Disclosure - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1557-1 phpmyadmin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List, Patch
phpMyAdmin Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian update for phpmyadmin - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for phpMyAdmin and lighttpd - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
Fedora update for phpMyAdmin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:131 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
phpMyAdmin - Security - PMASA-2008-2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phpmyadmin.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: phpMyAdmin-2.11.5.1-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: phpMyAdmin-2.11.5.1-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Fedora update for phpMyAdmin - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
SourceForge.net: Detail: 1909711 - (ok 2.11.5.1) Sensitive data in session files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:026 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
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