CVE-2008-5587
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-16 18:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0378eb865d10494c4fcb1907818a33b73d4a061eae200f551000c56f4f8a6ec9
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0493http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphppgadmin-index-file-include(47140)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47140
- www.exploit-db.com7363https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7363
- secunia.com33014http://secunia.com/advisories/33014
- www.securityfocus.com32670http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- securityreason.com4737http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4737
- secunia.com33263http://secunia.com/advisories/33263
- www.debian.orgDSA-1693http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1693
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- phppgadmin Fixed in 4.2.1-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- phppgadmin Fixed in 4.2.1-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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