Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-5587 - Path Traversal vulnerability in PHPpgadmin

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
phppgadmin
CWE-22
nessus
exploit available

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Relative Path Traversal
    An attacker exploits a weakness in input validation on the target by supplying a specially constructed path utilizing dot and slash characters for the purpose of obtaining access to arbitrary files or resources. An attacker modifies a known path on the target in order to reach material that is not available through intended channels. These attacks normally involve adding additional path separators (/ or \) and/or dots (.), or encodings thereof, in various combinations in order to reach parent directories or entirely separate trees of the target's directory structure.
  • Directory Traversal
    An attacker with access to file system resources, either directly or via application logic, will use various file path specification or navigation mechanisms such as ".." in path strings and absolute paths to extend their range of access to inappropriate areas of the file system. The attacker attempts to either explore the file system for recon purposes or access directories and files that are intended to be restricted from their access. Exploring the file system can be achieved through constructing paths presented to directory listing programs, such as "ls" and 'dir', or through specially crafted programs that attempt to explore the file system. The attacker engaging in this type of activity is searching for information that can be used later in a more exploitive attack. Access to restricted directories or files can be achieved through modification of path references utilized by system applications.
  • File System Function Injection, Content Based
    An attack of this type exploits the host's trust in executing remote content including binary files. The files are poisoned with a malicious payload (targeting the file systems accessible by the target software) by the attacker and may be passed through standard channels such as via email, and standard web content like PDF and multimedia files. The attacker exploits known vulnerabilities or handling routines in the target processes. Vulnerabilities of this type have been found in a wide variety of commercial applications from Microsoft Office to Adobe Acrobat and Apple Safari web browser. When the attacker knows the standard handling routines and can identify vulnerabilities and entry points they can be exploited by otherwise seemingly normal content. Once the attack is executed, the attackers' program can access relative directories such as C:\Program Files or other standard system directories to launch further attacks. In a worst case scenario, these programs are combined with other propagation logic and work as a virus.
  • Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
    This attack targets the encoding of the URL combined with the encoding of the slash characters. An attacker can take advantage of the multiple way of encoding an URL and abuse the interpretation of the URL. An URL may contain special character that need special syntax handling in order to be interpreted. Special characters are represented using a percentage character followed by two digits representing the octet code of the original character (%HEX-CODE). For instance US-ASCII space character would be represented with %20. This is often referred as escaped ending or percent-encoding. Since the server decodes the URL from the requests, it may restrict the access to some URL paths by validating and filtering out the URL requests it received. An attacker will try to craft an URL with a sequence of special characters which once interpreted by the server will be equivalent to a forbidden URL. It can be difficult to protect against this attack since the URL can contain other format of encoding such as UTF-8 encoding, Unicode-encoding, etc.
  • Manipulating Input to File System Calls
    An attacker manipulates inputs to the target software which the target software passes to file system calls in the OS. The goal is to gain access to, and perhaps modify, areas of the file system that the target software did not intend to be accessible.

Exploit-Db

descriptionphpPgAdmin <= 4.2.1 (_language) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability. CVE-2008-5587. Webapps exploit for php platform
fileexploits/php/webapps/7363.txt
idEDB-ID:7363
last seen2016-02-01
modified2008-12-06
platformphp
port
published2008-12-06
reporterdun
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/7363/
titlephpPgAdmin <= 4.2.1 _language Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
typewebapps

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-11602.NASL
    descriptionThis release fixes some bugs, and also fixes a security issue: * Fix bug where long SQL queries get truncated * Fix createFunction method on PostgreSQL < 7.3 * Fix bug with alter schema in PostgreSQL < 7.4 * Remove alter domain for PostgreSQL < 7.4 * Fix local file inclusion vulnerability: (CVE-2008-5587) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670/ Unset language variable before determine file includes Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35239
    published2008-12-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35239
    titleFedora 9 : phpPgAdmin-4.2.2-1.fc9 (2008-11602)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2008-11602.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(35239);
      script_version ("1.16");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:27");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5587");
      script_bugtraq_id(32670);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-11602");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 9 : phpPgAdmin-4.2.2-1.fc9 (2008-11602)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This release fixes some bugs, and also fixes a security issue: * Fix
    bug where long SQL queries get truncated * Fix createFunction method
    on PostgreSQL < 7.3 * Fix bug with alter schema in PostgreSQL < 7.4 *
    Remove alter domain for PostgreSQL < 7.4 * Fix local file inclusion
    vulnerability: (CVE-2008-5587) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670/
    Unset language variable before determine file includes
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      # http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476823"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-December/017935.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0d8f3542"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected phpPgAdmin package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_cwe_id(22);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:phpPgAdmin");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/12/21");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/12/21");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 9.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC9", reference:"phpPgAdmin-4.2.2-1.fc9")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "phpPgAdmin");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_PHPPGADMIN-5984.NASL
    descriptionAttackers could read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin (CVE-2008-5587).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35682
    published2009-02-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35682
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : phpPgAdmin (phpPgAdmin-5984)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update phpPgAdmin-5984.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(35682);
      script_version ("1.8");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:37");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5587");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : phpPgAdmin (phpPgAdmin-5984)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the phpPgAdmin-5984 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Attackers could read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal
    vulnerability in phpPgAdmin (CVE-2008-5587)."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected phpPgAdmin package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
      script_cwe_id(22);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:phpPgAdmin");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/02/05");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/02/13");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.3", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.3", reference:"phpPgAdmin-4.1.3-19.2") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "phpPgAdmin");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_1_PHPPGADMIN-090205.NASL
    descriptionAttackers could read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin (CVE-2008-5587).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id40297
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40297
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpPgAdmin (phpPgAdmin-503)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update phpPgAdmin-503.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(40297);
      script_version("1.10");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:35");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5587");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : phpPgAdmin (phpPgAdmin-503)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the phpPgAdmin-503 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Attackers could read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal
    vulnerability in phpPgAdmin (CVE-2008-5587)."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462762"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected phpPgAdmin package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
      script_cwe_id(22);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:phpPgAdmin");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/02/05");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/07/21");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE11\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "11.1", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.1", reference:"phpPgAdmin-4.2-1.72.1") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "phpPgAdmin");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_0_PHPPGADMIN-090205.NASL
    descriptionAttackers could read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in phpPgAdmin (CVE-2008-5587).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id40109
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40109
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpPgAdmin (phpPgAdmin-503)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2012-219.NASL
    descriptionupdate to 5.0.4, fix for bnc#754694 (CVE-2012-1600)
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-06-13
    plugin id74596
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74596
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpPgAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2012:0493-1)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1693.NASL
    descriptionSeveral remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpPgAdmin, a tool to administrate PostgreSQL database over the web. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-2865 Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the server parameter. - CVE-2007-5728 Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via PHP_SELF. - CVE-2008-5587 Directory traversal vulnerability allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via _language parameter.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35276
    published2008-12-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35276
    titleDebian DSA-1693-2 : phppgadmin - several vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-11576.NASL
    descriptionThis release fixes some bugs, and also fixes a security issue: * Fix bug where long SQL queries get truncated * Fix createFunction method on PostgreSQL < 7.3 * Fix bug with alter schema in PostgreSQL < 7.4 * Remove alter domain for PostgreSQL < 7.4 * Fix local file inclusion vulnerability: (CVE-2008-5587) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670/ Unset language variable before determine file includes Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35234
    published2008-12-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35234
    titleFedora 8 : phpPgAdmin-4.2.2-1.fc8 (2008-11576)
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idPHPPGADMIN_LANGUAGE_FILE_INCLUDE.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running phpPgAdmin, a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL. The installed version of phpPgAdmin fails to filter user-supplied input to the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35060
    published2008-12-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35060
    titlephpPgAdmin index.php _language Parameter Local File Inclusion
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-11564.NASL
    descriptionThis release fixes some bugs, and also fixes a security issue: * Fix bug where long SQL queries get truncated * Fix createFunction method on PostgreSQL < 7.3 * Fix bug with alter schema in PostgreSQL < 7.4 * Remove alter domain for PostgreSQL < 7.4 * Fix local file inclusion vulnerability: (CVE-2008-5587) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670/ Unset language variable before determine file includes Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id36894
    published2009-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36894
    titleFedora 10 : phpPgAdmin-4.2.2-1.fc10 (2008-11564)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_4CE3C20B124B11DEA9640030843D3802.NASL
    descriptionSecunia reports : Dun has discovered a vulnerability in phpPgAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information. Input passed via the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35937
    published2009-03-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35937
    titleFreeBSD : phppgadmin -- directory traversal with register_globals enabled (4ce3c20b-124b-11de-a964-0030843d3802)