Tag: PhpMyAdmin

Backdoored PhpMyAdmin distributed at SourceForge site

 

A security issue has been reported in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The security issue is caused due to the distribution of a compromised phpMyAdmin source code package containing a backdoor, which can be exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary PHP code.
 One of the SourceForge.net mirrors, namely cdnetworks-kr-1, was being used to distribute a modified archive of phpMyAdmin, which includes a backdoor. This backdoor is located in file server_sync.php and allows an attacker to remotely execute PHP code. Another file, js/cross_framing_protection.js, has also been modified.
SourceForge.Net is the world’s largest open source software development website. A very large impact on the domestic users with this incident. The vulnerability has been cataloged as being a critical one.