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phpMyAdmin: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2009-1148)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2009-1148)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/26/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in bs_disp_as_mime_type.php in the BLOB streaming feature in phpMyAdmin before 3.1.3.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the file_path parameter ($filename variable).

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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