TITLE:
phpMyAdmin "subform" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17137

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17137/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpMyAdmin 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/1720/

DESCRIPTION:
Maksymilian Arciemowicz has discovered a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin,
which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information.

Input passed to the "subform" array parameter in
"libraries/grab_globals.lib.php" isn't properly verified, before it
is used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary
files from local resources.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.6.4-pl1. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

Restrict access to the phpMyAdmin web interface with a .htaccess
file.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Maksymilian Arciemowicz

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