CVE-2008-5587

N/A Unknown

Published: December 16, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/33014

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33263

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4737

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1693

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47140

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7363

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html