CVE-2008-5587

43Vexday Risk Score

Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.

ssvc Attendepss 13%

exploitation probability

13%top 4% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

1 public exploit(s)

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 _language parameter to index.php.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof

cve_reference✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/7363

⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33014 http://secunia.com/advisories/33263 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4737 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47140 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7363 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1693 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670