CVE-2018-19968

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-19968
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-11 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-23 12:36:00 UTC
DescriptionAn attacker can exploit phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4 to leak the contents of a local file because of an error in the transformation feature. The attacker must have access to the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables, although these can easily be created in any database to which the attacker has access. An attacker must have valid credentials to log in to phpMyAdmin; this vulnerability does not allow an attacker to circumvent the login system.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin All All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
phpMyAdmin - Security - PMASA-2018-6 CONFIRM www.phpmyadmin.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1658-1] phpmyadmin security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
phpMyAdmin CVE-2018-19968 Local File Include Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-16) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501152 Alpine Linux Security Update for phpmyadmin
  • 710168 Gentoo Linux phpMyAdmin Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-16)
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