Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-8980 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Server Side Include (SSI) Injection An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
- Cross Zone Scripting An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
- Cross Site Scripting through Log Files An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
- Command Line Execution through SQL Injection An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2017-198.NASL description This update to phpMyAdmin 4.4.15.10 fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2016-6621: Multiple vulnerabilities in setup script (PMASA-2016-44) - Open redirect (PMASA-2017-1) - CVE-2015-8980: php-gettext code execution (PMASA-2017-2) - DOS vulnerability in table editing (PMASA-2017-3) - CSS injection in themes (PMASA-2017-4) - SSRF in replication (PMASA-2017-6) - DOS in replication status (PMASA-2017-7) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-02-06 plugin id 97001 published 2017-02-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97001 title openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2017-198) 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 openSUSE-2017-198. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(97001); script_version("3.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8980", "CVE-2016-6621"); script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2017-198)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2017-198 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update to phpMyAdmin 4.4.15.10 fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2016-6621: Multiple vulnerabilities in setup script (PMASA-2016-44) - Open redirect (PMASA-2017-1) - CVE-2015-8980: php-gettext code execution (PMASA-2017-2) - DOS vulnerability in table editing (PMASA-2017-3) - CSS injection in themes (PMASA-2017-4) - SSRF in replication (PMASA-2017-6) - DOS in replication status (PMASA-2017-7)" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1021597" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected phpMyAdmin package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:phpMyAdmin"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/01/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/02/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/02/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); 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 !~ "^(SUSE42\.1|SUSE42\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "42.1 / 42.2", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.1", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.4.15.10-31.2") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.2", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.4.15.10-31.2") ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "phpMyAdmin"); }
NASL family CGI abuses NASL id PHPMYADMIN_PMASA_2017_1.NASL description According to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.0.10.19, 4.4.x prior to 4.4.15.10, or 4.6.x prior to 4.6.6. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An open redirect vulnerability exists due to a failure to validate request paths before returning them to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to follow a specially crafted link, to redirect the user from the intended legitimate website to an arbitrary website of the attacker last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 99280 published 2017-04-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99280 title phpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.19 / 4.4.x < 4.4.15.10 / 4.6.x < 4.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2017-1 - PMASA-2017-7) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(99280); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/13"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8980", "CVE-2016-5702"); script_bugtraq_id(91380, 95754); script_name(english:"phpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.19 / 4.4.x < 4.4.15.10 / 4.6.x < 4.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2017-1 - PMASA-2017-7)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of phpMyAdmin."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote web server hosts a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.0.10.19, 4.4.x prior to 4.4.15.10, or 4.6.x prior to 4.6.6. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An open redirect vulnerability exists due to a failure to validate request paths before returning them to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to follow a specially crafted link, to redirect the user from the intended legitimate website to an arbitrary website of the attacker's choosing. (PMASA-2017-1) - An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in the php-gettext component in the select_string() function due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (PMASA-2017-2, CVE-2015-8980) - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the goto() function due to improper handling of table data. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to launch a recursive include operation, resulting in a denial of service condition. (PMASA-2017-3) - A flaw exists due to a failure to sanitize input passed via cookie parameters. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to inject arbitrary CSS in themes. (PMASA-2017-4) - An unspecified flaw exists that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary values into browser cookies. (PMASA-2017-5, CVE-2016-5702) - A server-side request forgery vulnerability exists that allows an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass access restrictions (e.g. host or network ACLs) and connect to hosts without the appropriate authorization. Note that this vulnerability only affects the 4.6.x version branch. (PMASA-2017-6) - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the replication status functionality due to improper handling of specially crafted table names. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition. (PMASA-2017-7) Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-1/"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-2/"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-3/"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-4/"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-5/"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-6/"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-7/"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 4.0.10.19 / 4.4.15.10 /4.6.6 or later. Alternatively, apply the patches referenced in the vendor advisories."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-8980"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/06/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/04/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"CGI abuses"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("phpMyAdmin_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("www/PHP", "installed_sw/phpMyAdmin", "Settings/ParanoidReport"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("http.inc"); include("install_func.inc"); appname = "phpMyAdmin"; get_install_count(app_name:appname, exit_if_zero:TRUE); port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE); install = get_single_install(app_name:appname, port:port, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE); dir = install['path']; url = build_url(qs:dir, port:port); version = install['version']; if (version =~ "^4(\.[046]?$|\.4\.1?[0-9]$|\.0\.1?[0-9])?$") audit(AUDIT_VER_NOT_GRANULAR, appname, port, version); if (version !~ "^4\.([046])") audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_INST, appname + " 4.6.x / 4.4.x / 4.0.x", port); if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID); re = make_array( -2, "-beta(\d+)", -1, "-rc(\d+)" ); # Affected version # 4.6.x < 4.6.6 / 4.4.x < 4.4.15.10 / 4.0.x < 4.0.10.19 cut_off = NULL; fixed_ver = NULL; if (version =~ "^4\.0\.") { cut_off = '4.0.0'; fixed_ver = '4.0.10.19'; } else if (version =~ "^4\.4\.") { cut_off = '4.4.0'; fixed_ver = '4.4.15.10'; } else if (version =~ "^4\.6\.") { cut_off = '4.6.0'; fixed_ver = '4.6.6'; } else { audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, appname, url, version); } if ( ver_compare(ver:version, minver:cut_off, fix:fixed_ver, regexes:re) == -1 ) { report = '\n URL : ' + url + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fixed_ver + '\n'; security_report_v4(port:port, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra:report); } else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, appname, url, version);
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_7721562BE20A11E6B2E26805CA0B3D42.NASL description The phpMyAdmin development team reports : Open redirect php-gettext code execution DOS vulnerability in table editing CSS injection in themes Cookie attribute injection attack SSRF in replication DOS in replication status last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96742 published 2017-01-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96742 title FreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- Multiple vulnerabilities (7721562b-e20a-11e6-b2e2-6805ca0b3d42) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2019 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00015.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/76
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/76
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95754
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95754
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367462
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367462
- https://launchpad.net/php-gettext/trunk/1.0.12
- https://launchpad.net/php-gettext/trunk/1.0.12
- https://lwn.net/Alerts/708838/
- https://lwn.net/Alerts/708838/