phpMyAdmin eval function allows remote command execution

phpmyadmin-eval-execute-commands (6929) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

phpMyAdmin could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the server. A remote attacker can send a specially-crafted URL to the tbl_copy.php and tbl_rename.php scripts and insert PHP instructions into the eval function to execute arbitrary commands on the server with privileges of the HTTP daemon, typically as a 'nobody' user.

Platforms Affected:

  • phpMyAdmin, phpMyAdmin 2.2rc3 and prior

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 6, 2008.

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jul 31 2001 - 07:56:01 CDT, New command execution vulnerability in myPhpAdmin at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0757.html.
  • BID-3121: phpMyAdmin Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2001-1060: phpMyAdmin 2.2.0rc3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbirtrary commands by inserting them into (1) the strCopyTableOK argument in tbl_copy.php, or (2) the strRenameTableOK argument in tbl_rename.php.

Reported:

Jul 31, 2001

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