phpMyAdmin up to 4.8.3 information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in phpMyAdmin up to 4.8.3 (Database Administration Software). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An attacker can exploit phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4 to leak the contents of a local file because of an error in the transformation feature. The attacker must have access to the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables, although these can easily be created in any database to which the attacker has access. An attacker must have valid credentials to log in to phpMyAdmin; this vulnerability does not allow an attacker to circumvent the login system.

The bug was discovered 12/07/2018. The weakness was presented 12/11/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at phpmyadmin.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-19968 since 12/07/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119707 (openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2018-1547)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13363 (PhpMyAdmin Multiple Vulnerabilities(PMASA-2018-6, PMASA-2018-8)).

Upgrading to version 4.8.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (119707) and SecurityFocus (BID 106178†).

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 119707
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2018-1547)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: phpMyAdmin 4.8.4

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Sourcesinfo

Product: phpmyadmin.net

Advisory: DLA 1658-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-19968 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 106178 - phpMyAdmin CVE-2018-19968 Local File Include Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2018 09:08 AM
Updated: 06/18/2023 12:32 PM
Changes: 12/12/2018 09:08 AM (74), 04/20/2020 10:31 AM (5), 06/18/2023 12:32 PM (4)
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