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phpMyAdmin Config File Code Injection

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Disclosed
Mar 24, 2009
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin's setup
feature which allows an attacker to inject arbitrary PHP
code into a configuration file. The original advisory says
the vulnerability is present in phpMyAdmin versions
2.11.x
There was a follow up vulnerability as the patch was
incomplete, affecting versions 3.x

The file where our payload is written
(phpMyAdmin/config/config.inc.php) is not directly used by
the system, so it may be a good idea to either delete it or
copy the running config (phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php) over it
after successful exploitation.

Authors

Greg Ose
pagvac
egypt [email protected]
Tenable
g0tmi1k

Platform

PHP

Architectures

php

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/unix/webapp/phpmyadmin_config
    msf exploit(phpmyadmin_config) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(phpmyadmin_config) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(phpmyadmin_config) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(phpmyadmin_config) > exploit
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