phpMyAdmin prior 2.6.0-pl2 remote command execution 1.0
 
Plugin ID341
Plugin namephpMyAdmin prior 2.6.0-pl2 remote command execution
Plugin filenamephpMyAdmin prior 2.6.0-pl2 remote command execution.plugin
Plugin filesize2709 bytes
Plugin familyCGI
Plugin created nameMarc Ruef
Plugin created emailmarc.ruef at computec.ch
Plugin created webhttp://www.computec.ch
Plugin created companycomputec.ch
Plugin created date2005/01/09
Plugin version1.0
Plugin protocoltcp
Plugin port80
Plugin procedure detectionopen|send GET /main.php HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# 200 *Welcome *to *phpMyAdmin*2.[0-5].*</h1>* OR HTTP/#.# 200 *Welcome *to *phpMyAdmin*2.6.0*</h1>* OR HTTP/#.# 200 *Welcome *to *phpMyAdmin*2.6.0-pl1*</h1>*
Plugin detection accuracy79
Plugin commentThe NASL script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak
Bug published namephpMyAdmin team
Bug affectedphpMyAdmin prior 2.6.0-pl2
Bug not affectedphpMyAdmin newer than 2.6.0-pl2
Bug vulnerability classUnknown
Bug false positivesThe pattern matching is not so accurate because the formatting of the version information is not known.
Bug descriptionThe remote host is running phpMyAdmin, an open-source software written in PHP to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution due to a lack of user-supplied data sanitization.
Bug solutionUpgrade to version 2.6.0-pl2 or newer.
Bug fixing timeApprox. 20 minutes
Bug exploit availabilityMaybe
Bug exploit urlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11391/exploit/
Bug remoteYes
Bug localYes
Bug severityHigh
Bug popularity6
Bug simplicity6
Bug impact9
Bug risk7
Bug Nessus riskHigh
Bug check toolsNessus can check this flaw with the plugin 15478 (phpMyAdmin remote command execution).
Source SecurityFocus BID11391
Source Nessus ID15478
Source LiteratureHacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427
Source Misc.http://www.computec.ch

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