Vulnerability CVE-2005-4079
Published: 2005-12-07   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The register_globals emulation in phpMyAdmin 2.7.0 rc1 allows remote attackers to exploit other vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin by modifying the import_blacklist variable in grab_globals.php, which can then be used to overwrite other variables.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
phpMyAdmin Variables Overwrite Vulnerability
Stefan Esser
08.12.2005

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Phpmyadmin -> Phpmyadmin 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/237
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-03.xml
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_252005.110.html
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php?relnotes=0
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2005-9
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418834/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423142/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15761
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2792
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