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CVE-2008-1567

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Mar 31, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1567
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/312.html

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.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PhpmyadminPhpmyadmin*2.11.5.1 (excluding)
PhpmyadminUbuntudapper*
PhpmyadminUbuntuedgy*
PhpmyadminUbuntufeisty*
PhpmyadminUbuntugutsy*
PhpmyadminUbuntuhardy*

Potential Mitigations

References

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