Path traversal in phpMyAdmin and Opensuse - CVE-2014-8959

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Path traversal in phpMyAdmin and Opensuse - CVE-2014-8959

Published: November 30, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41046
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8959
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in libraries/gis/GIS_Factory.class.php in the GIS editor in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.6, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.12. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a crafted geometry-type parameter.


Affected software

phpMyAdmin
Opensuse
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
phpMyAdmin4
phpMyAdmin

How to mitigate CVE-2014-8959

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

phpMyAdmin4 - update to 4.0.10.6-1.el5
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 4.0.10.6-1.el6, 4.2.12-1.el7, 4.2.12-1.fc21

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