MEDIUM
phpMyAdmin: user/password/secret key are stored plaintext
Published Mar 31, 2008
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 2.11.5.1
Configuration 2
- 4.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 7
- 8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
5.5 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.30% 0.00296
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00296
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 20.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 21.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00031) | 5.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.14% (0.03140) | 83.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.14% (0.03140) | 82.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.14% (0.03140) | 65.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (21)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29588 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29613 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29964 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30816 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33822 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1909711&group_id=23067&atid=377408 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1557 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing ListPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:131 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-2 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28560 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1037/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1567 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439974 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41541 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1567
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1567
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00031.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00080.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 31, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 31, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1567
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a