phpMyAdmin up to 4.8.4 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in phpMyAdmin up to 4.8.4. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-6799. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpMyAdmin up to 4.8.4 (Database Administration Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.5. When the AllowArbitraryServer configuration setting is set to true, with the use of a rogue MySQL server, an attacker can read any file on the server that the web server's user can access. This is related to the mysql.allow_local_infile PHP configuration, and the inadvertent ignoring of "options(MYSQLI_OPT_LOCAL_INFILE" calls.

The bug was discovered 05/07/2019. The weakness was released 01/26/2019 by Hanno Bock with KnownSec (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at phpmyadmin.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-6799 since 01/24/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple 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 commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277596 (Fedora Security Update for phpMyAdmin (FEDORA-2019-6cfd17b03d)).

Upgrading to version 4.8.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 106736†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-130270. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: phpMyAdmin 4.8.5

Timelineinfo

01/21/2019 🔍
01/24/2019 +3 days 🔍
01/26/2019 +2 days 🔍
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01/27/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/07/2019 +100 days 🔍
07/03/2023 +1518 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: phpmyadmin.net

Advisory: DLA 1692-1
Researcher: Hanno Bock
Organization: KnownSec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-6799 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6799
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130271
SecurityFocus: 106736 - PHP CVE-2019-6799 Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2019 16:12
Updated: 07/03/2023 14:48
Changes: 01/27/2019 16:12 (64), 05/06/2020 11:41 (6), 07/03/2023 14:48 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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