phpMyAdmin temporary files insecure permissions
| phpmyadmin-temp-insecure-permissions (55671) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpMyAdmin creates temporary files with world-writable permissions. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify arbitrary files on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.1 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 1.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of phpMyAdmin (3.0.0 or 2.11.10 or later), available from the phpMyAdmin Web site. See References.
References:
- PMASA-2010-1 : phpMyAdmin used to automatically create temporary world writable directory what could lead to possible misuse of it.
- The phpMyAdmin Project Web site: phpMyAdmin.
- BID-37826: phpMyAdmin Insecure Temporary File and Directory Creation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-7251: libraries/File.class.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.10 creates a temporary directory with 0777 permissions, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
- DSA-2034: phpmyadmin -- several vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2010:018: phpMyAdmin
- SA38211: phpMyAdmin Multiple Security Issues
- SUSE-SR:2010:001: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2010-0910: Debian Security Update Fixes phpMyAdmin Multiple Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 5.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.0
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.1
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.2
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.3
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.4
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.5
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.6
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.7
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.8
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.0
Reported:
Jan 15, 2010
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