CVE-2008-1567

medium

Description

phpMyAdmin before 2.11.5.1 stores the MySQL (1) username and (2) password, and the (3) Blowfish secret key, in cleartext in a Session file under /tmp, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

References

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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41541

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1909711&group_id=23067&atid=377408

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00080.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00031.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-1568

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1037/references

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28560

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-2

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:131

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1557

http://secunia.com/advisories/33822

http://secunia.com/advisories/32834

http://secunia.com/advisories/30816

http://secunia.com/advisories/29964

http://secunia.com/advisories/29613

http://secunia.com/advisories/29588

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-03-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00296

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