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| Vulnerability_id | VCID-q6z8-dgxc-h3fr |
| Summary | phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2, as distributed by the cdnetworks-kr-1 mirror during an unspecified time frame in 2012, contains an externally introduced modification (Trojan Horse) in server_sync.php, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an eval injection attack. |
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https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5159 |
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https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5159 |
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| cwe_id |
94 |
| name |
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
| description |
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. |
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| date_added |
null |
| description |
This module exploits an arbitrary code execution backdoor
placed into phpMyAdmin v3.5.2.2 through a compromised SourceForge mirror. |
| required_action |
null |
| due_date |
null |
| notes |
Reliability:
- unknown-reliability
Stability:
- unknown-stability
SideEffects:
- unknown-side-effects
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| known_ransomware_campaign_use |
false |
| source_date_published |
2012-09-25 |
| exploit_type |
null |
| platform |
PHP |
| source_date_updated |
null |
| data_source |
Metasploit |
| source_url |
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/phpmyadmin_3522_backdoor.rb |
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| date_added |
2012-10-10 |
| description |
phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2 - 'server_sync.php' Backdoor (Metasploit) |
| required_action |
null |
| due_date |
null |
| notes |
null |
| known_ransomware_campaign_use |
true |
| source_date_published |
2012-10-10 |
| exploit_type |
webapps |
| platform |
php |
| source_date_updated |
2012-10-10 |
| data_source |
Exploit-DB |
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| Severity_range_score | 7.5 - 7.5 |
| Exploitability | null |
| Weighted_severity | null |
| Risk_score | null |
| Resource_url | http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-q6z8-dgxc-h3fr |