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phpMyAdmin: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2008-7251)

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phpMyAdmin: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2008-7251)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/19/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

libraries/File.class.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.10 creates a temporary directory with 0777 permissions, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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