CVE-2008-4096

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    CVE-2008-4096

    Published: 18 Sept 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: libraries/database_interface.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a request to server_databases.php with a sort_by parameter containing PHP sequences, which are processed by create_function.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/31884, http://secunia.com/advisories/31918, http://secunia.com/advisories/32034, http://secunia.com/advisories/33822, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-32.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1641, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:202, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2585, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2619, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/15/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31188, http://www.nabble.com/phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-is-released-td19497113.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462430, http://fd.the-wildcat.de/pma_e36a091q11.php, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html, http://osvdb.org/48196, http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080916-1/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/2, http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-7, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45157, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01137.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01155.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01228.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01290.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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