Description
If, after successful installation of MantisBT through 2.5.2 on MySQL/MariaDB, the administrator does not remove the 'admin' directory (as recommended in the "Post-installation and upgrade tasks" section of the MantisBT Admin Guide), and the MySQL client has a local_infile setting enabled (in php.ini mysqli.allow_local_infile, or the MySQL client config file, depending on the PHP setup), an attacker may take advantage of MySQL's "connect file read" feature to remotely access files on the MantisBT server.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-3992 | If, after successful installation of MantisBT through 2.5.2 on MySQL/MariaDB, the administrator does not remove the 'admin' directory (as recommended in the "Post-installation and upgrade tasks" section of the MantisBT Admin Guide), and the MySQL client has a local_infile setting enabled (in php.ini mysqli.allow_local_infile, or the MySQL client config file, depending on the PHP setup), an attacker may take advantage of MySQL's "connect file read" feature to remotely access files on the MantisBT server. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T18:36:56.181Z
Reserved: 2017-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-12419
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-08-05T15:29:00.177
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-12419
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD