Description
phpMyAdmin 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.
References (17)
Core 17
Core References
Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28560
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
Mailing List, Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1557
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32834
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29964
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30816
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1909711&group_id=23067&atid=377408
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00080.html
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29613
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29588
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00031.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-2
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33822
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41541
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1037/references
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:131
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
12.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-312
Status
published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux
4.0
fedoraproject/fedora
7
fedoraproject/fedora
8
opensuse/opensuse
10.2
opensuse/opensuse
10.3
opensuse/opensuse
11.0
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
< 2.11.5.1
Published
Mar 31, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026