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CVE-2008-7251

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-01-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

libraries/File.class.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.10 creates a temporary directory with 0777 permissions, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Affected products

• phpMyAdmin: 2.11.0, 2.11.0-beta1, 2.11.0-rc1, 2.11.0.0, 2.11.0beta1, 2.11.0rc1 (+39)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html
• http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/QA_2_11/phpMyAdmin/libraries/File.class.php?r1=11536&r2=11535&pathrev=11536
• http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin?view=rev&revision=11536
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38211
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39503
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2034
• http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2010-1.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37826
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0910
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html
• http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/QA_2_11/phpMyAdmin/libraries/File.class.php?r1=11536&r2=11535&pathrev=11536
• http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin?view=rev&revision=11536

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