Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-4998 - Information Exposure vulnerability in PHPmyadmin
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8.2 and 4.0.x before 4.0.4.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid request, which reveals the installation path in an error message, related to pmd_common.php and other files.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Nessus
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-203.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in phpmyadmin : - XSS due to unescaped HTML Output when executing a SQL query (CVE-2013-4995). - 5 XSS vulnerabilities in setup, chart display, process list, and logo link. If a crafted version.json would be presented, an XSS could be introduced (CVE-2013-4996, CVE-2013-4997). - Full path disclosure vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-4998, CVE-2013-5000). - Self-XSS due to unescaped HTML output in schema export (CVE-2013-5002). - SQL injection vulnerabilities, producing a privilege escalation (control user) (CVE-2013-5003). This upgrade provides the latest phpmyadmin version (3.5.8.2) to address these vulnerabilities. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69154 published 2013-07-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69154 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : phpmyadmin (MDVSA-2013:203) NASL family CGI abuses NASL id PHPMYADMIN_PMASA_2013_15.NASL description According to its self-identified version number, the phpMyAdmin install hosted on the remote web server is 3.5.x earlier than 3.5.8.2 or 4.0.x earlier than 4.0.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Numerous input validation errors exist that could lead to cross-site scripting attacks related to last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69184 published 2013-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69184 title phpMyAdmin 3.5.x < 3.5.8.2 / 4.0.x < 4.0.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2013-8 - PMASA-2013-15 NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201311-02.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201311-02 (phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote authenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process running phpMyAdmin, inject SQL code, or to conduct Cross-Site Scripting and Clickjacking attacks. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 70753 published 2013-11-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70753 title GLSA-201311-02 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-8577.NASL description phpMyAdmin 4.2.6.0 (2014-07-17) =============================== - Undefined index warning with referenced column. - $cfg[ last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-07-31 plugin id 76917 published 2014-07-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76917 title Fedora 19 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.6-1.fc19 (2014-8577) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-8581.NASL description phpMyAdmin 4.2.6.0 (2014-07-17) =============================== - Undefined index warning with referenced column. - $cfg[ last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-07-31 plugin id 76918 published 2014-07-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76918 title Fedora 20 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.6-1.fc20 (2014-8581)