phpMyAdmin Insecure Temporary File and Directory Creation Vulnerabilities

BID:37826

Info

phpMyAdmin Insecure Temporary File and Directory Creation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 37826
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-7251
CVE-2008-7252
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 15 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 19 2010 12:32PM
Credit: Thijs Kinkhorst
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9 4
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9 .6
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9 .2
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9 .1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.8
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.7
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.5
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.4
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.5.
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.5
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.3
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.8.1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.5.2
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.5.1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.2.2
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.2.1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.1.2
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.1.1
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Debian Linux 5.0 sparc
Debian Linux 5.0 s/390
Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 5.0 mips
Debian Linux 5.0 m68k
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 5.0 hppa
Debian Linux 5.0 armel
Debian Linux 5.0 arm
Debian Linux 5.0 amd64
Debian Linux 5.0 alpha
Debian Linux 5.0
Not Vulnerable: phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.10

Discussion

phpMyAdmin Insecure Temporary File and Directory Creation Vulnerabilities

phpMyAdmin creates temporary directories and files in an insecure way.

An attacker with local access could potentially exploit this issue to perform symbolic-link attacks, overwriting arbitrary files in the context of the affected application.

Successful attacks may corrupt data or cause denial-of-service conditions. Other unspecified attacks are also possible.

This issue affects phpMyAdmin 2.11.x (prior to 2.11.10.)

Exploit / POC

phpMyAdmin Insecure Temporary File and Directory Creation Vulnerabilities

An attacker can use readily available commands to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

phpMyAdmin Insecure Temporary File and Directory Creation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64

Debian Linux 5.0 alpha

Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32

Debian Linux 5.0 s/390

Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel

Debian Linux 5.0 hppa

Debian Linux 5.0 m68k

Debian Linux 5.0 arm

Debian Linux 5.0 armel

Debian Linux 5.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Debian Linux 5.0 amd64

Debian Linux 5.0 mips

Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc

Debian Linux 5.0 sparc

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

phpMyAdmin Insecure Temporary File and Directory Creation Vulnerabilities

References:

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